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Guide of my youth to thee I cry Great God to me be ever nigh Lighten mine eyes convert my heart Nor let me from thy ways depart

Full Text
Guide of my youth to thee I cry Great God to me be ever nigh Lighten mine eyes convert my heart Nor let me from thy ways depart
Listed on Page Number
316
Sampler Worked By
Mehitable Lincoln
Date of Sampler
1829
Place Sampler Made
Higham, MA
Sampler Listed on Page
188
Author/Publication/Country/Date
J.A.K. “Thou Art The Guide of My Youth,” Juvenile Hymns, Original and Select, for Children and Schools, London: T. Williams and Son, 1810, p. 3.
Notes
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Juvenile_Hymns_original_and_select_for_c/f1NVAAAAcAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22guide+of+my+youth+to+thee+i+cry%22&pg=PA3&printsec=frontcover This first link is the earliest occasion found of this hymn, and the only time an author is identified. Although only listed by initials, J.A.K. may be the hymn writer Rev. Joel Abel Knight who published several hymns at this time.