Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: O God of Bethel by whose hand
Topic: God/Watchcare
Writer: Philip Doddridge
Composer: Aaron Williams
Meter: CM
Tune: Mear
Hymn Number: 237
Page Number: 080, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO GOD of Bethel, by whose hand
Thy people still are fed,
Who through this weary pilgrimage
Hast all our fathers led!
Our vows, our prayers, we now present
Before thy throne of grace:
God of our fathers, be the God
Of their succeeding race.
Through each succeeding path of life
Our wandering footsteps guide;
Give us each day our daily bread,
And raiment fit provide.
O spread thy covering wings around,
Till all our wandering cease,
And at our Father's loved abode
We all arrive in peace.
Such blessings from thy gracious hand
Our humble prayers implore;
And thou shalt be our chosen God,
Our portion evermore.