Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh how kindly has thou led me
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: W Bradbury
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Let Me Go
Hymn Number: 594
Page Number: 216, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh how kindly hast thou led me,
Heavenly Father, day by day!
Found my dwelling, clothed and fed me,
Furnished friends to cheer my way!
Didst thou bless me, didst thou chasten,
With thy smile or with thy rod,
'T was that still my step might hasten
Homeward, heavenward, to my God.
Oh how slowly have I often
Followed where thy band would draw!
How thy kindness failed to soften!
How thy chastening failed to awe!
Make me for thy rest more ready,
As thy path is longer trod;
Keep me in thy friendship steady,
Till thou call me home my God!