Thou art the Way

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(one verse of introduction)

Thou art the way,
to thee alone from sin and death we flee;
and all who would the Father seek,
must seek him, Lord, by thee.

Thou art the Truth,
thy word alone true wisdom can impart;
thou only canst inform the mind
and purify the heart.

Thou art the Life,
the rending tomb proclaims thy conquering arm;
and those who put their trust in thee
nor death nor hell shall harm.

Thou art the Way,
the Truth, the Life: grant us that way to know,
that truth to keep, that life to win,
whose joys external flow.

Words: George Washington Doane (19thC)
Music: St. James Raphael Courteville (18thC)
Sequence: Dall Forsthye, Church of St. John the Evangelist