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[Gently, O my Savior, lead me]

[Gently, O my Savior, lead me]

Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Published in 4 hymnals


Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel

Pseudonyms: C. D. Emerson, Charlotte G. Homer, S. B. Jackson, A. W. Lawrence, Jennie Ree… Go to person page >

Tune Information

Title: [Gently, O my Savior, lead me]
Composer: Charles Hutchinson Gabriel
Incipit: 33346 55423 43453
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain

Texts

Gently, O My Savior, Lead Me

Gently, O my Savior, lead me
Day by day, day by day;
Fro I need Thee, O I need Thee
All along my pilgrim way.
Never let my footsteps wander
till I reach my home up yonder;
Guide me, O my Savior, guide me,
Guard me lest I stray.
Gently, O my Savior, lead me
Day by day, day by day;
For I need Thee, O I need Thee
All along my pilgrim way.

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