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Lead Me Gently Home, Father

Author: W. L. T. Appears in 198 hymnals Refrain First Line: Lead me gently home Lyrics: 1 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, When life’s toils are ended, and parting days have come; Sin no more shall tempt me, Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam, If Thou’lt only lead me, Father, Lead me gently home. Chorus: Lead me gently home, Father, lead me gently Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. 2 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In life’s darkest hours, Father, when life’s troubles come, Keep my feet from wand'ring, Lest from Thee I roam, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. [Chorus] 3 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In temptation's hour, Father, when sore trials come; Be Thou near to keep me, Take me as Thine own, For I cannot live without Thee, Lead me gently home. [Chorus] Used With Tune: [Lead me gently home, Father]
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Appears in 141 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Will L. Thompson Tune Key: E Flat Major Incipit: 34456 53117 65452 Used With Text: Lead Me Gently Home, Father
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Lead Me Gently Home, Father

Author: W. L. T. Hymnal: Christian Hymns #117 (1935) Refrain First Line: Lead me gently home Lyrics: 1 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, When life’s toils are ended, and parting days have come; Sin no more shall tempt me, Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam, If Thou’lt only lead me, Father, Lead me gently home. Chorus: Lead me gently home, Father, lead me gently Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. 2 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In life’s darkest hours, Father, when life’s troubles come, Keep my feet from wand'ring, Lest from Thee I roam, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. [Chorus] 3 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In temptation's hour, Father, when sore trials come; Be Thou near to keep me, Take me as Thine own, For I cannot live without Thee, Lead me gently home. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [Lead me gently home, Father]
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Lead Me Gently Home, Father

Author: W. L. T. Hymnal: Timeless Truths #222 Meter: 7.5.7.5.6.5.8.5 with refrain Lyrics: 1 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home; When life’s toils are ended, And parting days have come, Sin no more shall tempt me, Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam, If Thou’ll only lead me, Father, Lead me gently home. Refrain: Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, Father, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. 2 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home; In life’s darkest hours, Father, When life’s troubles come, Keep my feet from wand’ring, Lest from Thee I roam, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. [Refrain] Scripture: Psalm 17:5 Tune Title: [Lead me gently home, Father]
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Author: Will L. Thompson Hymnal: The New National Baptist Hymnal (21st Century Edition) #483 (2001) Lyrics: 1 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, When life’s toils are ended, and parting days have come; Sin no more shall tempt me, Ne’er from Thee I’ll roam, If Thou’lt only lead me, Father, Lead me gently home. Refrain: Lead me gently home, Father, lead me gently, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. 2 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In life’s darkest hours, Father, when life’s troubles come; Keep my feet from wand’ring, Lest from Thee I roam, Lest I fall upon the wayside, Lead me gently home. [Refrain] 3 Lead me gently home, Father, Lead me gently home, In temptation's hour, Father, when sore trials come; Be Thou near to keep me, Take me as Thine own, For I cannot live without Thee, Lead my gently home. [Refrain] Topics: Aspiration; Fellowship with God; Heaven; Temptation Languages: English Tune Title: [Lead me gently home, Father]
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Will L. Thompson

1847 - 1909 Person Name: W. L. T. Author of "Lead Me Gently Home, Father" in Timeless Truths Will Lamartine Thompson (1847-1909) Born: November 7, 1847, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Died: Sep­tem­ber 20, 1909, New York, New York. Buried: Ri­ver­view Cem­e­te­ry, East Li­ver­pool, Ohio. Rebuffed in an ear­ly at­tempt to sell his songs to a com­mer­cial pub­lish­er, Thomp­son start­ed his own pub­lish­ing com­pa­ny. He lat­er ex­pand­ed, open­ing a store to sell pi­an­os, or­gans and sheet mu­sic. Both a lyr­i­cist and com­pos­er, he en­sured he would al­ways re­mem­ber words or mel­o­dies that came to him at odd times: "No mat­ter where I am, at home or ho­tel, at the store or tra­vel­ing, if an idea or theme comes to me that I deem wor­thy of a song, I jot it down in verse. In this way I ne­ver lose it." Thompson took ill dur­ing a tour of Eur­ope, and his fam­i­ly cut short their tra­vels to re­turn home. He died a few weeks lat­er. Music-- 1.Jesus Is All the World to Me 2.Lead Me Gently Home, Father 3.Softly and Tenderly Jesus Is Calling 4.There’s a Great Day Coming --hymntime.com/tch ================================== Various biographical sketches and newspaper articles about Thompson are available in the DNAH Archives.
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Pam Stephenson

Arranger of "LEAD ME GENTLY HOME" in Songs of Faith and Praise
Pam Stephenson
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