I Will Stand as a Witness of Christ

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En - cir - cled in the arms of hea - ven's love, With grate - ful

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heart I walk the path pre - pared for me, The Sav - ior is my light, My

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com - fort and my guide, And His word is a lamp un - to my feet, Yet

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all a - round me oth - ers wan - der lost, Whom will He send to seek them as they

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stray? When mists of dark - ness rise to blind His chil - dren's eyes,

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Who will show the way? Who will show the way? "A

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ci - ty on a hill can - not be hid, Let your light so shine," the Sa - vior

I Will Stand as a Witness of Christ (Voice parts) - 1

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Ruth in her de - vo - tion, Like Ne - phi in his strength, I will

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stand for truth and right - eous - ness, Re - flect - ing hea - ven's light, And my

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life will be like a bea - con in the night, For I will stand as a wit - ness of

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soul, In ev - ry tri - al, in each un - cer - tain hour, I

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know I can en - dure, For as I kneel in prayer he en -

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folds me in the warmth of hea - ven's pow'r. Yet o - thers weep for grief that knows no

I Will Stand as a Witness of Christ (Voice parts)-2

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peace, Where is their hope but in the Mas - ter's word? What

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com - fort will He send to heal the hearts of men?

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Who will bear His love and light in - to the world? "A

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star that led to Beth - le - hem, like sun - rise o'er the earth, "A

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I Will Stand as a Witness of Christ (Voice parts) - 3

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life will be like a bea - con in the night, For I will stand as a

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wit - ness of Christ.

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