Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Lead us heavenly Father lead us
Topic: God/Watchcare
Writer: James Edmeston
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 8s 7s and 4s or 8s 7s and 7s
Tune: Happy Zion
Hymn Number: 660
Page Number: 265, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLEAD us, heavenly Father, lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us:
For we have no help but thee;
Yet possessing every blessing,
If our God our Father be.
Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us:
All our weakness thou dost know
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe.
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert thou didst go.
Let thy Spirit, now attending,
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.