Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Lead us heav'nly Father lead us
Topic: God/Father
Writer: James Edmeston
Composer: I Woodbury
Meter: 8s and 7s six lines
Tune: Happy Zion
Hymn Number: 670
Page Number: 250, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLEAD us, heav'nly 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 heav'nly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy.
Thus provided, pardon'd, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.