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Text:Happy Zion
Author:Jas. Edmeston
Tune:[Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us]
Composer:I. B. Woodbury

31. Happy Zion

1 Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
O'er the world's tempestuous sea;
Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us,
For we have no help but thee;
Yet possessing every blessing,
If our God our Father be.

2 Savior, breathe forgiveness o'er us;
All our weakness thou dost know;
Thou didst tread this earth before us,
Thou didst feel its keenest woe.
Lone and dreary, faint and weary,
Through the desert thou didst go.

3 Let thy Spirit, now attending,
Fill our hearts with heavenly joy;
Love with every passion blending,
Pleasure that can never cloy.
Thus provided, pardoned, guided,
Nothing can our peace destroy.

Text Information
First Line: Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us
Title: Happy Zion
Author: Jas. Edmeston
Publication Date: 1883
Scripture:
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Lead us, heavenly Father, lead us]
Composer: I. B. Woodbury
Notes: Public Domain.



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