Bible Songs — Scriptures, Law, Sabbath

Teach Me, O Lord

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;

No. 1307
Tune TEACH ME, O LORD.
Music W. R. Day
Key A-flat major
Singing key G♭ major
Time 3/4
1 stanzas

Words

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes;Teach me, O Lord, the way, the way of thy statutes;Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments,Make me to walk, Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments forevermore;Make me to walk, Make me to walk, Make me to walk in the path of thy commandments, forevermore, forevermore.Amen, Amen.

Teach me, O Lord,(bass, under the F staff of system 1, bars 6–7: entering after the soprano and tenor; it continues with the main line «the way of thy statutes;»)

Make me to walk, Make me to walk,(tenor and bass, second line between the staves of system 4, bars 23–26: entering after the soprano and alto; they continue with the main line «to walk in the path of thy commandments, …»)

About this hymn

As printed As printed: no running head on p. 518 (the page opens with the hymn); hymn number «1307» (large, left), title «Teach Me, O Lord.» centred (condensed capitals and small capitals: «T», «M», «O», «L» full capitals); under it the epigraph in one line of roman, «"Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes * * make me to go in the path of thy commandments."—Ps. 119 : 33, 35.» (old-style figures; «* *» marks the omission); on the next line, at the right only, «W. R. DAY» (capitals and small capitals; the music — no period legible after it). No author, no meter, no reference line, no copyright line. One text only, no stanza numbers: one line of words between the staves of each of the five systems, plus two lines for the lower voices entering in imitation — «Teach me, O Lord,» printed BELOW the bass staff of system 1 (the bass, bars 6–7) and «Make me to walk, Make me to walk,» printed as a second line between the staves of system 4 (tenor and bass in octaves, bars 23–26). Below the text the whole words as sung by the upper voice, one sense-line per line (the print runs the words on, system by system; see `uncertainties.md` for the line division), then the lower-voice lines. Words divided under the notes are joined here («sta-tutes» is printed whole; «for - ev - er-more;», «for-ev - er - more.», «A-men,», «A - men.» are printed divided); the second-to-last «forevermore,» is printed whole. Any thin space of the printer before «;» is closed up here. Spelling, capitals («Make» after a comma) and punctuation are the print's. Damaged letters read: «the» (system 1, printed «ahe», the t broken), «path» (system 5, printed «pat'h»), the comma after the second «Lord» (a blot without its tail).