Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Thus far the Lord has led me on
Topic: The Church/Love Unity and Fellowship
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: L Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 349
Page Number: 128, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThus far the Lord has led me on;
Thus far his power prolongs my days;
And every evening shall make known
Some fresh memorial of his grace.
Much of my time has run to waste,
And I, perhaps, am near my home;
Be he forgives my follies past;
He gives me strength for days to come.
I lay my body down to sleep;
Peace is the pillow for my head;
While well-appointed angels keep
Their watchful stations round my bed.
Thus, when the night of death shall come,
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground,
And wait thy voice to rouse my tomb,
With sweet salvation in the sound.