Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Leaning on Thee my Guide and Friend
Topic: Childlike Spirit
Writer: Unknown Unknown
Composer: James Murray
Meter: 8s and 4
Tune: Leaning on Thee
Hymn Number: 720
Page Number: 273, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsLEANING on Thee, my Guide and Friend,
My gracious Saviour! I am blest;
Though weary, Thou dost condescend
To be my rest.
Leaning on Thee with childlike faith,
To Thee the future I confide;
Each step of life's untrodden path
Thy love will guide.
Leaning on Thee, I breathe no moan,
Tho' faint with hunger, parch'd with heat;
Thy will has now become my own:
That will is sweet.
Leaning on Thee, no fear alarms;
Calmly I stand on death's dark brink;
I feel the everlasing arms,
And can not sink.