For the Start of a Year

Thou Art the Way

Thou art the Way: to thee alone from sin and death we flee;
and he who would the Father seek must seek him, Lord, by thee.

Thou art the Truth: thy Word alone true wisdom can impart;
thou only canst inform the mind, and purify the heart.

Thou art the Life: the rending tomb proclaims thy conquering arm,
and those who put their trust in thee nor death nor hell shall harm.

Thou art the Way, the Truth, the Life: grant us that Way to know,
that Truth to keep, that Life to win, whose joys eternal flow.

- George W. Doane (1824)