Thou art the way; to Thee alone
Thou art the way; to Thee alone. George Washington Doane* (1799-1859).
Based on John 14: 6, this hymn comes from Doane’s Songs by the Way, Chiefly Devotional; with translations and imitations (New York, 1824). It rapidly became known in the USA through its printing in the Protestant Episcopal Church Prayer Book Collection of 1826; it has remained in all Episcopal Church Hymnals up to and including H82. In Britain it was included in Edward Bickersteth*’s Christian Psalmody (1833), and in the SPCK Hymns for Public Worship (1852), edited by Thomas Vincent Fosbery*.
It was one of the two American hymns to be included in the First Edition of A&M (1861) (the other was ‘Take up thy cross, the...
If you have a valid subscription to Dictionary of Hymnology, please log inlog in to view this content. If you require a subscription, please click here.
MLA style (see MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd Ed.)
. "Thou art the way; to Thee alone."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press. Web. 18 Feb. 2026.<
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/t/thou-art-the-way-to-thee-alone>.
Chicago style (see The Chicago Manual of Style, 16th Ed.)
. "Thou art the way; to Thee alone."
The Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology. Canterbury Press, accessed February 18, 2026,
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/t/thou-art-the-way-to-thee-alone.