#818: O Master, Let Me Walk with You

[lutheranhymns]

I'm not too familiar with this hymn and I'm curious how/if there was a culture war argument over that title, I feel like there would be now if people were anthologizing. The second verse asks God's help to help the speaker change "the slow of heart" and direct "the wayward feet" to make prudent decisions--I feel like that echoes a lot of the tension in the "witness" section. Are we doing these things, or expecting God to do them through us?

The composer's name, "Washington Gladden," is pretty good. He and John Madden could be archrivals.