O'er hill and dale, where sweetest flowers are growing

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O'er hill and dale, where sweetest flowers are growing

Author: Ada Blenkhorn
Tune: [Over hill and dale, where sweetest flowers are growing]
Published in 3 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 O’er hill and dale, where sweetest flow’s are growing,
Thro’ sunlit vale, where softest winds are blowing,
Where fountains bright make music in their flowing,
He leads, and we follow.

Refrain:
He leads, and we follow,
He leads, and we follow;
We cannot stray—He knows the way!
Jesus leads, and we follow.

2 When storms of life our onward steps are trying,
When sweetest smiles are turned to saddest sighing,
When hope and faith within our hearts are dying,
He leads, and we follow. [Refrain]

3 Thus all the way our footsteps He is leading,
And day by day our souls with manna feeding;
Thus He supplies whatever we are needing—
He leads, and we follow. [Refrain]

Source: Sunshine: songs for Sunday schools #77

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Author: Ada Blenkhorn

Ada Jane Blenkhorn Canada 1858-1927 Born in Cobourg, Ontario, the 10th of 11 children, she emigrated with her family to the U.S. In 1884 and settled in Cleveland, OH.. She was raised a Methodist, and began writing hymn lyrics at age 34. A prolific writer of hymn lyrics, she was about to give it up when a friend encouraged her to continue, telling her some soul might be saved by a hymn she would write. She worked for many years as secretary to her brother, Henry's, real estate company. After his death in 1923, she became president of the company. She never married. John Perry Go to person page >

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Text Information

First Line:	O'er hill and dale, where sweetest flowers are growing
Author:	Ada Blenkhorn
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	He leads, and we follow
Copyright:	Public Domain