Consecration
He Leadeth Me
- Words:
- Joseph H. Gilmore, 1862.
- Music:
- Music and
- Setting:
- 'He Leadeth Me' William B. Bradbury, 1864.
- Metre:
- 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8
- 1He leadeth me, O blessèd thought!O words with heav'nly comfort fraught!Whate'er I do, where'er I beStill 'tis God's hand that leadeth me.He leadeth me, He leadeth me,By His own hand He leadeth me;His faithful follow'r I would be,For by His hand He leadeth me.
- 2Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,Sometimes where Eden's bowers bloom,By waters still, ov'r troubled sea,Still 'tis His hand that leadeth me.He leadeth me, He leadeth me,By His own hand He leadeth me;His faithful follow'r I would be,For by His hand He leadeth me.
- 3Lord, I would place my hand in Thine,Nor ever murmur nor repine;Content, whatever lot I see,Since 'tis my God that leadeth me.He leadeth me, He leadeth me,By His own hand He leadeth me;His faithful follow'r I would be,For by His hand He leadeth me.
- 4And when my task on earth is done,When by Thy grace the vict'ry's won,E'en death's cold wave I will not flee,Since God through Jordan leadeth me.He leadeth me, He leadeth me,By His own hand He leadeth me;His faithful follow'r I would be,For by His hand He leadeth me.
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Topics
- Anticipation
- Calmness
- Christian Life
- Comfort
- Consecration
- Courage in Affliction
- Discipleship
- Eternal Life
- Faithfulness
- Following Jesus, In Faith
- Following Jesus, Sanctification
- God, Care of
- God, Faithfulness of
- God, Providence of
- Guidance
- Leadership
- Submission (see also Following Jesus, God - Providence of, Trust)
- Trust
In the hymnals
- Written in 1862, the words are in 1,467 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
- The tune, He Leadeth Me, is in 866 hymnals. The tune →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project (Brian J. Dumont), which places its own work in the public domain. Further sheet music is from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.