This is a deep cut from Brian Boniwell that was selected for the Praise To God hymnal. The Dominican Fathers picked five of his songs that were in Father Paul Gurr’s The Lord Delights collection that used some of Boniwell’s best material. Three went on to be Boniwell’s best known songs, “Prepare the Way”, “The Lord is My Shepherd” and “Will You Love Me?”, all heavily used in Australian churches to this day.
The text is based on John 14:26-7, and the first verse is sung in the voice of Christ and the second isn’t. The Holy Spirit is apparently male here? I suppose you repeat the last two lines of the second verse to make it fit.
I’ve found a CD at Spectrum by Father Gurr, called The Lord Delights, but this song isn’t on it. I can’t find any sheet music for this anywhere, so I suspect it is only to be found in this out of print hymnal and the out print The Lord Delights, hence my posting of the sheet music below, apologies to Spectrum – I am happy to take it down. It looks like cut and paste in this case because it was spread over two pages and I did cut and paste it.
The sheet music in PTG is another that is melody line only – no chords. So I made some up again.
1 Peace I give to you my friends.
My peace I leave within your hearts.
My Spirit will be with you to guide you in His ways.
He’ll lead you where you’ve never been before.
He will show you wisdom.
You will know true joy when my spirit comes to lead you in His ways.
2 He is called the Counsellor.
He is the Prince of Peace.
The fire of love that’s living in our hearts.
May his love keep burning and recreate our lives,
When the Spirit comes to lead us in his ways.
© 1981 Spectrum Publications