The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4875

4875. O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

1. O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;
And when they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and psalm they worshipped Thee.

2. Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer:
Thy blessing came; and still its power
Shall onward, through all ages, bear
The memory of that holy hour.

3. Laws, freedom, truth and faith in God
Came with those exiles o’er the waves;
And, where their pilgrim feet have trod,
The God they trusted guards their graves.

4. And here Thy name, O God of love,
Their children’s children still adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
• Title: O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
• Author: Leonard Bacon (1833)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This hymn was written for the 200th anniversary of the founding of New Haven, Connecticut.

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer (attributed to): John Hatton (1793)
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 13467 17655 55654
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain