Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: O how kindly hast Thou led me
Topic: Chastisement
Writer: <no first name given> Grinfield
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 7s double
Tune: Guidance
Hymn Number: 506
Page Number: 177, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO HOW kindly hast Thou led me,
Heav'nly Father, day by day!
Found my dwelling, cloth'd and fed me,
Furnish'd friends to cheer my way!
Didst Thou bless me, didst Thou chasten,
With Thy smile or with Thy rod,
'Twas that still my step might hasten
Homeward, heav'nward, to my God.
O how slowly have I often
Follow'd where Thy hand would draw!
How Thy kindness fail'd to soften!
How Thy chast'ning fail'd 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!