Through long weary years I with fetters was bound

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Through long weary years I with fetters was bound

Author: Haldor Lillenas
Tune: [Through long weary years I with fetters was bound]
Published in 2 hymnals

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1 Thro’ long weary years I with fetters was bound,
Wherever I wandered no peace could be found,
But since Jesus found me His blessings abound,
I will follow wherever He leads.

Refrain:
Wherever He leads, wherever He leads,
I’ll follow the Savior wherever He leads,
Tho’ rough be the journey and narrow the way,
I will follow wherever He leads.

2 When Jesus spoke peace all my cares rolled away,
My soul filled with gladness, my night turned to day;
And lest from the side of my Savior I stray,
I will follow wherever He leads. [Refrain]

3 For me on the cross Jesus suffered and died,
That I with my Father might ever abide;
And tho’ I’m not worthy to walk by His side,
I will follow wherever He leads. [Refrain]

4 O’er mountain, thro’ valley, wherever He leads,
I’ll go with the Shepherd, His loved ones to feed;
And grace H will give me for every need,
I will follow wherever He leads. [Refrain]

Source: Glad Tidings in Song #19

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Author: Haldor Lillenas

Rv Haldor Lillenas DMus Norway/USA 1885-1959. Born at Stord, near Bergen, Norway, his father sold their 15 acre farm in Norway and emigrated to the U.S., buying a farm in Colton, SD. After he built a sod house, the family (wife and three chldren) also came to SD in 1887. They moved to Astoria, Oregon in 1889, where Lillenas learned English and began writing song lyrics at an early age. In 1900 the family moved again to Roseville, MN, where he worked as a farm laborer and began attending a Lutheran high school at Hawick, MN. He sold a few songs at age 19. At age 21 he began writing more songs, encouraged by some earlier ones becoming popular (“He set me free” was one). His mother died in 1906 and his father returned to ND, but Li… Go to person page >

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