1. Lamp of our feet, whereby we trace

our path when wont to stray;

stream from the fount of heavenly grace,

brook by the traveler’s way;

2. bread of our souls, whereon we feed,

true manna from on high;

our guide and chart, wherein we read

of realms beyond the sky;

3. pillar of fire, through watches dark,

and radiant cloud by day;

when waves would whelm our tossing bark,

our anchor and our stay;

4. word of the ever living God,

will of his glorious Son;

without thee how could earth be trod,

or heaven itself be won?

5. Lord, grant us all a right to learn

the wisdom it imparts;

and to its heavenly teaching turn,

with simple, child-like hearts.