Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: He leadeth me O blessed thought
Topic: The New Life/Trust and Joy
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM six lines
Tune:
Hymn Number: 768
Page Number: 449, click to see hymnal pages
Lyics"He leadeth me!" O! blessed thought,
O! words with heavenly comfort fraught,
Whate'er I do, whate'er I be,
Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me!
He leadeth me! he leadeth me!
By his own hand he leadeth me.
Sometimes 'midst scenes of deepest gloom
Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom;
By waters still, o'er troubled sea-
Still 'tis his hand that leadeth me!
He leadeth me! he leadeth me!
By his own hand he leadeth me.
Lord, I would clasp thy hands in mine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine-
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since 'tis my God that leadeth me.
He leadeth me! he leadeth me!
By his own hand he leadeth me.
And when my task on earth is done,
When, by thy grace, the victory's won;
E'en death's cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me.
He leadeth me! he leadeth me!
By his own hand he leadeth me.