523. O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

1 O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;
And when they trod the wintry strand,
With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee.

2 Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer:
Thy blessing came; and still its power
Shall onward, through all ages, bear
The memory of that holy hour.

3 Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God
Came with those exiles o'er the waves;
And, where their pilgrim feet have trod,
The God they trusted guards their graves.

4 And here Thy name, O God of love,
Their children's children shall adore,
Till these eternal hills remove,
And spring adorns the earth no more.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: O God, beneath Thy guiding hand
Title: O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
Author: Leonard Bacon (1838)
Meter: L. M.
Publication Date: 1955
Scripture: ;
Topic: Heritage; Nation, The; Thanksgiving
Tune Information
Name: DUKE STREET
Composer: John Hatton, d. 1793
Meter: L. M.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: For lower key, see Hymn 496.



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