Be Thou My Vision

Be Thou My Vision

Old Irish text, translated by Mary Elizabeth Byrne in 1905; versified by Eleanor H. Hull in 1912. For solo or SSAATB choir.

Be Thou My Vision

Away in a Manger (“Slane” melody)

Familiar lyrics (with an extra verse of my own) are set to an old Irish melody called “Slane,” which we traditionally sing using the words to “Be Thou My Vision” or “Take Time to be Holy.” For solo or SSAATB choir.

Be Thou My Vision

He Is My All

He is the balm for every wound; For every sorrow great or small; He is my strength, He is my song, He is my all.

Be Thou My Vision

Guard Him, Joseph

Guard him, Joseph, as He slumbers; There behind the stable doors.

Be Thou My Vision

God Will Provide a Lamb

What shall I set upon the altar? I who must come with empty hands? With only my broken heart to offer, God will provide a Lamb.

Be Thou My Vision

Gethsemane

With his blood so freely spent, He bought my soul; He paid my debt.

Be Thou My Vision

Gesù, Bambino

Music by Pietro Yon; Text by Frederick H. Martens; Arranged by Sally DeFord. For Solo, SATB or SSA, with optional flutes.

Be Thou My Vision

For the Beauty of the Earth

Music by Conrad Kocher, Lyrics by Folliott S. Pierpoint, Arranged by Sally DeFord; for SAB or SSA, both with optional flute.

Be Thou My Vision

For Me Alone

If I alone bore guilt for which my all could never atone, He would have come for me–for me alone.

Be Thou My Vision

Everywhere I Go

Then come what may, I’ll live with courage in my heart because I know He is with me everywhere I go.

Be Thou My Vision

Created in His Image

Created in His image, His light will be my guide; A heavenly inheritance because I am His child.

Be Thou My Vision

Come Unto Christ

Seek this Jesus whose mercies never cease; Come unto Christ, and find in him eternal peace.