The Cyber Hymnal ‎#12400

12400. There's A Hand Held Out

1 There’s a hand held out in pity,
There’s a hand held out in love;
It will pilot to the city,
Where our Father dwells above.

Refrain:
There’s a hand held out to you,
There’s a hand held out to me,
There’s a hand that will prove true,
Whatever our lot shall be.

2 Oh, how gently will it lead us!
Oh, how tender is its touch!
’Tis the blessèd hand of Jesus;
We all need it, oh, so much! [Refrain]

3 Yes, ’tis love to me, a sinner,
Prompts this hand to reach so low,
Striving thus to be the winner,
Ere I reap what I shall sow. [Refrain]

5 Shall I, to this hand extended,
Pay no heed as it invites?
Shall my Savior be offended,
Give I not to Him His rights? [Refrain]

6 Nay, I would this proffered hand take,
Knowing that it leads aright;
Yes, I would this loving choice make;
Trusting in His love and might. [Refrain]

7 Then, as hand in hand together,
With my Savior, with my friend,
With my Christ, my elder brother,
Let Him lead till life shall end. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: There’s a hand held out in pity
• Title: There's A Hand Held Out
• Author: Myron W. Morse (1889)
• Refrain First Line: There’s a hand held out to you
• Language: English
• Source: Joyful Sound by John R. Sweney and William Kirkpatrick (Philadlephia: John J. Hood, 1889)
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: [There’s a hand held out in pity]
• Composer: John Robson Sweney
• Key: F Major or modal
• Copyright: Public Domain