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Text:O How Kindly Hast Thou Led Me
Author:Thomas Grinfield
Tune:MIDDLETOWN
Media:MIDI file

8325. O How Kindly Hast Thou Led Me

1 O how kindly hast Thou led me,
Heav’nly Father, day by day;
Found my dwelling, clothed and fed me,
Furnished friends to cheer my way!
Didst Thou bless me, didst Thou chasten,
With Thy smile or with Thy rod,
’Twas that still my step might hasten
Homeward, heav’nward, to my God.

2 O how slowly have I often
Followed where Thy hand would draw!
How Thy kindness failed to soften!
How Thy chastening failed to awe!
Make me for Thy rest more ready,
As Thy path is longer trod;
Keep me in Thy friendship steady,
Till Thou call me home, my God.

Text Information
First Line: O how kindly hast Thou led me
Title: O How Kindly Hast Thou Led Me
Author: Thomas Grinfield
Meter: 87.87 D
Language: Latin
Source: A Century of Original Sacred Songs (London: 1836)
Tune Information
Name: MIDDLETOWN
Meter: 87.87 D
Key: G Major or modal
Source: English Air
Copyright: Public Domain



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