The Worshipbook ‎#495

495. O God, Beneath Your Guiding Hand

1 O God, beneath your guiding hand
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;
And echoed o'er the wintry strand,
Their psalms and prayers in worship free.

2 You heard, well-pleased, the song, the prayer:
Your 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 your name, O God of love,
Their children's children shall adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, beneath your guiding hand
• Title: O God, Beneath Your Guiding Hand
• Author: Leonard Bacon (1833, 1845, alt. 1972)
• Meter: L.M.
• Publication Date: 1972
• Scripture:
  Psalm 8
• Topic: Service for the Lord's Day: After Creed; Civil Year: Memorial Day; Civil Year: Independence Day; Civil Year: Thanksgiving Day; Other Observances: Stewardship

Tune Information

• Name: DUKE STREET
• Composer: John Hatton (1793)
• Meter: L.M.
• Key: D Major