Jesus Leads

Words:
John R. Clements
Music:
John R. Sweney

Sheet music

  1. 1Like a Shepherd, tender, true,Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Daily finds us pastures new,Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)If thick mists are o’er the way,(If thick mists are o’er the way,)Or the flock ’mid danger feeds,(Or the flock ’mid danger feeds,)He will watch them lest they stray:Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads.
  2. 2All along life’s rugged roadJesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Till we reach yon blest abode,Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)All the way, before He’s trod,(All the way, before He’s trod,)And He now the flock precedes,(And He now the flock precedes,)Safe into the fold of God:Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads.
  3. 3Thru the sunlit ways of lifeJesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Thru the warrings and the strifeJesus leads, (Jesus leads,)Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,)When we reach the Jordan’s tide,(When we reach the Jordan’s tide,)Where life’s bound’ry line recedes,(Where life’s bound’ry line recedes,)He will spread the waves aside:Jesus leads, (Jesus leads,) Jesus leads,

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1893, the words are in 67 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are 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.

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