Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Lead us heav'nly Father lead us
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s
Tune: Happy Zion
Hymn Number: 622
Page Number: 228, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLead us, heav'nly Father, lead us
O'er the world's tem-pestous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but thee.
Yet pos-sess-ing
Ev'-ry bless-ing,
If our God our Fa-ther be.
Savior! breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel it keenest woe.
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert thou didst go.
Spirit of our God descending!
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy,
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy.
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.