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Text:He leadeth me! oh, blessed tho't!
Author:Rev J. Henry Gilmore
Tune:TALLIS' EVENING HYMN
Composer:Thomas Tallis

512b. He leadeth me! oh, blessed tho't!

1 He leadeth me! oh, blessed tho't!
Oh, words with heav'nly comfort fraught!
Whate'er I do, where'er I be,
Still 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.

2 Sometimes 'mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden's flowers bloom,
By waters calm, o'er troubled sea,
Still 'tis His hand that leadeth me.

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.

4 And when my task on earth is done,
When, by Thy grace, the victory's won,
E'ev death's cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me.

Text Information
First Line: He leadeth me! oh, blessed tho't!
Author: Rev J. Henry Gilmore (1859)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Cross and Consolation
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: TALLIS' EVENING HYMN
Composer: Thomas Tallis (1560)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Key: G Major



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