Henry Francis Lyte

Henry Francis Lyte (June 1, 1793 – November 20, 1847) was an Anglican divine and hymn-writer.

Henry Francis Lyte

Quotes

• Last words: "Peace! Joy!"

Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895)

Quotes reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895).

• Haste thee on from grace to glory,
  Armed by faith and winged by prayer,
  Heaven's eternal day's before thee;
  God's own hand shall guide thee there.
  • P. 5.

• A scrip on my back, and a staff in my hand,
  I march on in haste through an enemy's land;
  The road may be rough, but it cannot be long;
  And I'll smooth it with hope, and I'll cheer it with song.
  • P. 49.

• I need Thy presence every passing hour;
  What, but Thy grace, can foil the tempter's power?
  Who, like Thyself, my guide and stay can be?
  Through cloud and sunshine, oh, abide with me!
  • P. 276.

• Teach me. Lord, my true condition;
  Bring me childlike to Thy knee;
  Stripped of every low ambition,
  Willing to be led by Thee.
  • P. 329.

• Let good or ill befall,
  It must be good for me,—
  Secure of having Thee in all,
  Of having all in Thee.
  • P. 594.