--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Anderson, Edward H. collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 22 number: 2 published: 1918-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Anderson, Edward H., "My Star," *Improvement Era* 22, no. 2 (December 1918): 140–141.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2202unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2202unse start_page: 140 end_page: 141 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1918-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2202unse publication_year: 1918 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1918, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # My Star My Star Words by Edward H. Anderson. Music by Evan Stephens. Moderato, Met. .60. — ^P 1. When yet a i »f- :-£ child I scanned the sky, mm And from the 2. Oft gaz-ing on the pine-decked hills, Far o'er the 3. So hap - py days and years sped round; The Gos-pel 4. E'en now its rays break from a - far! Hail! Gos-pel m i&SS £=# #- -h h h J » t dim. twinkling hosts on high, I chose a star in heaven, willow-shadowed rills, I watched its ear - ly ris - ing, light, my star, was found On each re - turn - irg evening- light, my childhood's star! Haste on thy glad re turn-ing! is I A A t =HP W— &^-* = — MY STAR 141 ££— m . P s • S f— # g ;j—-- -| p —— t/ t/ *—z L — ^ 17 nev - er yet a star shone brighter, With lus - ter sparkle, to my childish thinking, Seemed mer - ry guidance that I might not fal - ter, On Du - ty's ^ thou my faltering footsteps nev • er, Shine on for- *=* tt **£= £ I =1—v- rit. 3*M-" t?zfe=5 — —P— * -N— ! y u -i^ — w r_p -* -I ~ I lighter, With lus - ter light - er. 2nd verse only. winking, Seemed mer-ry wink - ing. al - tar, On du - ty's al - tar. ev - er, Shine on for - ev - er. ^Ff-^H:^ ^^^ Be Thou my Strength Master, shall I come to thee, And be forever thine? Shall I behold thy blessed face, And hear thy voice divine? Be thou my Shepherd and my Strength, To guide my feet each day; And may thy Spirit ever teach The straight and narrow way. 1 do not ask to miss the snares That in my pathway lie; To have no thorns to prick my feet, My weary soul to try. I only ask that thou wilt be My Strength, my Shield, my Friend; That thou wilt guide my erring feet, In safety to the end. Charles H. Welch. Cowley, Wyo.