1. If the path I travel
  Lead me to the cross,
  If the way Thou choosest
  Lead to pain and loss,
  Let the compensation
  Daily, hourly, be
  Shadowless communion,
  Blessed Lord, with Thee.
2. If there's less of earth joy,
  Give, Lord, more of heaven.
  Let the spirit praise Thee,
  Though the heart be riven;
  If sweet earthly ties, Lord,
  Break at Thy decree,
  Let the tie that binds us,
  Closer, sweeter, be.
3. Lonely though the pathway,
  Cheer it with Thy smile;
  Be Thou my companion
  Through earth's little while;
  Selfless may I live, Lord,
  By Thy grace to be
  Just a cleansed channel
  For Thy life through me.