Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Thus far the Lord has led me on
Topic: Angels
Writer: Isaac Watts
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: LM
Tune: Hebron
Hymn Number: 603
Page Number: 222, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHUS far the Lord has led me on;
Thus far His pow'r prolongs my days;
And every evening shall make known
Some fresh memorial of His grace.
Much of my time has run to waste,
And I, perhaps, am near my home;
But He forgives my follies past;
He gives me strength for days to come.
I lay my body down to sleep;
Peace is the pillow for my head;
While well-appointed angels keep
Their watchful stations round my bed.
Thus, when the night of death shall come,
My flesh shall rest beneath the ground,
And wait Thy voice to rouse my tomb,
With sweet salvation in the sound.