Service Book and Hymnal of the Lutheran Church in America ‎#478

478. He leadeth me: O blessed thought!

1 He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
O words with heavenly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be,
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

Refrain:
He leadeth me, he leadeth me;
By his own hand he leadeth me:
His faithful follower I would be,
For by his hand he leadeth me.

2 Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters calm, o’er troubled sea,
Still ’tis his hand that leadeth me. [Refrain]

3 Lord, I would clasp thy hand in mine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me. [Refrain]

4 And when my task on earth is done,
When by thy grace the victory’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: He leadeth me: O blessed thought!
• Author: Joseph Henry Gilmore, 1834 - 1918
• Refrain First Line: He leadeth me, he leadeth me
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1958
• Topic: Travellers; The Life In Christ: Pilgrimage; The Life In Christ: Comfort and Rest; The Life In Christ: The Inner Life

Tune Information

• Name: AUGHTON (HE LEADETH ME)
• Composer: William Batchelder Bradbury, 1816 - 68
• Meter: L. M. With Refrain
• Key: D Major