{"slug": "o-master-let-me-walk-with-thee", "title": "O Master, Let Me Walk with Thee", "first_line": "O Master, let me walk with Thee", "author": "washington-gladden", "author_date": "1879", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Discipleship", "Service", "Consecration"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Washington Gladden (1836-1918), \"O Master, let me walk with Thee,\" written 1879 for the paper Sunday Afternoon (the hymn is the worship cento adapted by W. C. Gannett / C. H. Richards). Text from The Cyber Hymnal. All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "O Mas -- ter, let me walk with Thee, In low -- ly paths of ser -- vice free; Tell me Thy se -- cret; help me bear The strain of toil, the fret of care.", "prose": ["O Master, let me walk with Thee,", "In lowly paths of service free;", "Tell me Thy secret; help me bear", "The strain of toil, the fret of care."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Help me the slow of heart to move By some clear, win -- ning word of love; Teach me the way -- ward feet to stay, And guide them in the home -- ward way.", "prose": ["Help me the slow of heart to move", "By some clear, winning word of love;", "Teach me the wayward feet to stay,", "And guide them in the homeward way."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "O Mas -- ter, let me walk with Thee, Be -- fore the taunt -- ing Phar -- i -- see; Help me to bear the sting of spite, The hate of men who hide Thy light.", "prose": ["O Master, let me walk with Thee,", "Before the taunting Pharisee;", "Help me to bear the sting of spite,", "The hate of men who hide Thy light."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "The sore dis -- trust of souls sin -- cere Who can -- not read Thy judg -- ments clear, The dull -- ness of the mul -- ti -- tude, Who dim -- ly guess that Thou art good.", "prose": ["The sore distrust of souls sincere", "Who cannot read Thy judgments clear,", "The dullness of the multitude,", "Who dimly guess that Thou art good."]}, "5": {"syllabified": "Teach me Thy pa -- tience; still with Thee In clos -- er, dear -- er, com -- pa -- ny, In work that keeps faith sweet and strong, In trust that tri -- umphs ov -- er wrong.", "prose": ["Teach me Thy patience; still with Thee", "In closer, dearer, company,", "In work that keeps faith sweet and strong,", "In trust that triumphs over wrong."]}, "6": {"syllabified": "In hope that sends a shin -- ing ray Far down the fu -- ture's broad -- 'ning way, In peace that on -- ly Thou canst give, With Thee, O Mas -- ter, let me live.", "prose": ["In hope that sends a shining ray", "Far down the future's broadening way,", "In peace that only Thou canst give,", "With Thee, O Master, let me live."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}