The Army and Navy Hymnal/Hymns/Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly

by Mary C. D. Hamilton(Quebec by Henry Baker)

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Lord, Guard and Guide the Men Who Fly

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For Airmen
(QUEBEC, L. M.)

Mary C. D. Hamilton, 1915

Henry Baker, 1852

1. Lord,guard and guide the men who fly
   Thro' the great spaces of the sky;
   Be with them traversing the air
   In darkening storms or sunshine fair.
   
2. Thou who doth keep with tender might
   The balanced birds in all their flight,
   Thou of the tempered winds, be near,
   That, having thee, they know no fear.
   
3. Control their minds with instinct fit
   What time, adventuring, they quit
   The firm security of land;
   Grant steadfast eye and skillful hand.
   
4. Aloft in solitudes of space,
   Uphold them with thy saving grace.
   O God,protect the men that fly
   Thro'lonely ways beneath the sky. Amen.