The Cyber Hymnal ‎#3609

3609. Leader of Faithful Souls

1. Leader of faithful souls, and guide
Of all who travel to the sky,
Come, and with us, even us, abide,
Who would on Thee alone rely;
On Thee alone our spirits stay
While held in life’s uneven sway.

2. We’ve no abiding city here,
But seek a city out of sight;
Thither our steady course we steer,
Aspiring to the plains of light,
Jerusalem, the saints’ abode,
Whose founder is the living God.

3. Through Thee, who all our sins hast borne,
Freely and graciously forgiven,
With songs to Zion we return,
Contending for our native heaven,
That palace of our glorious King,
We find it nearer while we sing.

4. Raised by the breath of love divine,
We urge our way with strength renewed,
The Church of the first-born to join,
We travel to the mount of God;
With joy upon our heads arise,
And meet our Captain in the skies.

Text Information

• First Line: Leader of faithful souls, and guide
• Title: Leader of Faithful Souls
• Author: Charles Wesley (1747)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns for Those That Seek and Those That Have Redemption in the Blood of Jesus Christ
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: CAREY'S SURREY
• Composer: Henry Carey (ca. 1732)
• Meter: 88.88.88
• Incipit: 54361 71432 33245
• Key: F Major
• Source: Harmony from The English Hymnal (London: Oxford University Press, 1906), number 491
• Copyright: Public Domain