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හිමි මට මඟ පෙන්වයි

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1 හිමි මට මඟ පෙන්වයි
තොස් යුත් සැනසුම් වදන!
මක්කරතත් කොහේ ගියත්
හිමි අතින් මඟ පෙන්වයි

2 මඟ පෙන්වයි මඟ පෙන්වයි
හිම අතින් මඟ පෙන්වයි
ඔබගේ ගැති වෙමි මම්
හිම අතින් මඟ පෙන්වයි

3 දුක් අඳුරු වන මැද
ඒදන්හි සුපුල් මල් මැද
නිසල් දියෙත් රළු මූදේත්
හිමි අතින් මා ගෙනයයි

4 හිමි අත අල්ලාගනිම්
නොකොඳුරම් බය නොවෙම්
තොසවෙම් මට ඇති දෙයින්
ඔබ ගෙනයන බැවින්

5 මා මෙහෙය නිම විමෙන්
ජය මට අත්පත්වීමෙන්
මරු දොළ පසුකරම්
හිමි අතින් මඟ පෙන්වයි

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15485

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Author: J. H. Gilmore

Joseph H. Gilmore (b. Boston, MA, 1834; d. Rochester, NY, 1918) Educated at Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, and Newton Theological Seminary, Newton, Massachusetts, Gilmore was ordained to the Baptist ministry in 1862. He served churches in Fisherville, New Hampshire, and Rochester, New York. In 1868 he was appointed to the English faculty at the University of Rochester, where he served until retirement in 1911. He published various literary works, including Outlines of English and American Literature (1905). Bert Polman… Go to person page >

Translator: H. de S. Wickremeratne

(no biographical information available about H. de S. Wickremeratne.) Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line: හිමි මට මඟ පෙන්වයි (Himi maṭa man̆ga penvayi)
Title: හිමි මට මඟ පෙන්වයි
English Title: He leadeth me, O blessed thought
Author: J. H. Gilmore
Translator: H. de S. Wickremeratne
Language: Sinhala
Copyright: Public Domain
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Tune

HE LEADETH ME (Bradbury)

After seeing Gilmore's text in the Boston Watchman and Reflector, William B. Bradbury (PHH 114) composed AUCHTON for those words. Bradbury arranged the text into a stanza/refrain structure, added the final line of the refrain, and published the hymn in his The Golden Censor in 1864. AUCHTON (also kn…

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