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Guide us, Lord

Author: Anon. Appears in 9 hymnals Hymnal Title: The Brethren Hymnody First Line: Guide us, Lord, while hand in hand Used With Tune: GUIDE

GUIDE

Appears in 492 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: M. M. Wells Hymnal Title: The Brethren Hymnody Incipit: 55113 21233 517 Used With Text: Guide us, Lord

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Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) #62 (1866) Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.) First Line: Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand Lyrics: Guide us, Lord! while, hand in hand, Journeying toward the better land; Foes we know are to be met, Snares the pilgrim’s path beset; Clouds upon the valley rest, Rough and dark the mountain’s breast; And our home may not be gained, Save through trials well sustained. Guide us, while we onward move, Linked in closest bonds of love, Striving for the holy mind, And the soul from sense refined; That when life no longer burns, And the dust to dust returns, With the strength which Thou hast given We may rise to Thee and heaven. God of mercy! on Thee, all Humbly for Thy guidance call; Save us from the evil tongue, From the heart that thinketh wrong, From the sins, whate’er they be, That divide the soul from Thee. God of grace! on Thee we rest; Bless us, and we shall be blest. Languages: English

Guide us, Lord, while, hand in hand

Author: Beard Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) #62 (1848) Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) Languages: English

Guide us, Lord, while hand in hand

Hymnal: Grammar School Hymn Book #d94 (1871) Hymnal Title: Grammar School Hymn Book Languages: English

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J. R. Beard

1800 - 1876 Person Name: Beard Hymnal Title: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.) Author of "Guide us, Lord, while, hand in hand" in A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion. (10th ed.)

Anonymous

Person Name: Anon. Hymnal Title: The Brethren Hymnody Author of "Guide us, Lord" in The Brethren Hymnody In some hymnals, the editors noted that a hymn's author is unknown to them, and so this artificial "person" entry is used to reflect that fact. Obviously, the hymns attributed to "Author Unknown" "Unknown" or "Anonymous" could have been written by many people over a span of many centuries.

M. M. Wells

1815 - 1895 Hymnal Title: The Brethren Hymnody Composer of "GUIDE" in The Brethren Hymnody Converted to Christianity as a youth at a mission in Buffalo, New York, Marcus Morris Wells (b. Cooperstown, NY, 1815; d. Hartwick, NY, 1895) spent most of his life near Hartwick as a farmer and maker of farm implements. He is remembered in hymnody for writing both the text and tune of "Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide." "On a Saturday afternoon, October 1858, while at work in my cornfield, the sentiment of the hymn came to me," writes Wells. "The next day, Sunday, being a very stormy day, I finished the hymn and wrote the tune for it and sent it to Prof. I. B. Woodbury." Isaac Woodbury was the editor of the New York Musical Pioneer, and the original text and tune were first published in that periodical's November 1858 issue. Bert Polman ================= Wells, Marcus M. Concerning this author and his hymn we have no information beyond the following facts:— Holy Spirit, faithful Guide. [Whitsuntide.] Appeared in The Sacred Lute, by T. E. Perkins, N.Y., undated [1864], p. 373, with music. Both words and music are attributed therein to M. M. Wells. The hymn has since been repeated in several English and American collections, including I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878. It is dated 1858. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)