Lead Me

Jesus, merciful and mild, Lead me as a helpless child

Author: Thomas Hastings (1858)
Published in 87 hymnals

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1 Jesus, merciful and mild,
Lead me as a helpless child;
On no other arm but Thine
Would my weary soul recline.
Thou art ready to forgive,
Thou canst bid the sinner live;
Guide the wanderer, day by day,
In the strait and narrow way.

2 Thou canst fit me by Thy grace
For the heavenly dwelling-place;
All Thy promises are sure,
Ever shall Thy love endure;
Then what more could I desire,
How to greater bliss aspire?
All I need, in Thee I see;
Thou art All in all to me.

3 Jesus, Saviour all Divine,
Thou hast made me truly Thine;
Thou hast bought me by Thy blood;
Reconciled my heart to God.
Hearken to my tender prayer,
Let me Thine own image bear,
Let me love Thee more and more
Till I reach heaven's blissful shore.

The Hymnal: revised and enlarged as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892

Author: Thomas Hastings

Hastings, Thomas, MUS. DOC., son of Dr. Seth Hastings, was born at Washington, Lichfield County, Connecticut, October 15, 1784. In 1786, his father moved to Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y. There, amid rough frontier life, his opportunities for education were small; but at an early age he developed a taste for music, and began teaching it in 1806. Seeking a wider field, he went, in 1817, to Troy, then to Albany, and in 1823 to Utica, where he conducted a religious journal, in which he advocated his special views on church music. In 1832 he was called to New York to assume the charge of several Church Choirs, and there his last forty years were spent in great and increasing usefulness and repute. He died at New York, May 15, 1872. His aim was the… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus, merciful and mild, Lead me as a helpless child
Title: Lead Me
Author: Thomas Hastings (1858)
Meter: 7.7.7.7 D
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #503

Book of Common Praise #d277

Calvary Selection of Spiritual Songs with Music for the Church and the Choir #d440

Children's Praise #d80

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Christian Praise #394

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Church Melodies #585

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Church Psalmist #724

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Church Psalmist #724

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Echoes of Paradise #97

Gems for the Little Ones #d20

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Gospel Hymn and Tune Book #306

Great Songs of the Church #d178

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Great Songs of the Church #160

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Hymn and Tune Book for Use in Old School or Primitive Baptist Churches #597

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book with Accompanying Tunes (Second Edition) #422

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Hymnal Companion to the Prayer Book #422

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Hymnal of the Presbyterian Church #366

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d567

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Hymns of the Ages #86

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Hymns of the Ages #86

Hymns of The Voice of Praise #d137

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Hymns of Worship and Service #235

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Hymns of Worship and Service (15th ed.) #235

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Hymns of Worship and Service #235

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In Excelsis #506

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In Excelsis #a506

Lyra Sacra Americana #d95

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #472

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #472

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #730

Psalms and Hymns for the Worship of God #d395

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Redeemer's Praise #26

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Songs for the Sanctuary, or Hymns and Tunes for Christian Worship #607

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Baptist Ed.) #607

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #607

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Songs for the Sanctuary #607

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Songs for the Sanctuary #607

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Songs for the Sanctuary #607

Songs of Christian Praise with Music #d257

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Songs of Devotion for Christian Assocations #550

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Songs of the Church #366

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Sunday School Songs #86

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Sursum Corda #544

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book for Public Worship #604

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The Baptist Hymn and Tune Book, for Public Worship #191.604

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The Baptist Hymn Book #604

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The Baptist Hymnal, for Use in the Church and Home #501

The Baptist Hymnal #501

The Baptist Hymnal. Shaped notes ed. #d300

The Book of Common Praise #d289

The Canadian Baptist Hymnal for the use of Churches and Families #d314

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The Chapel hymn book, with tunes #469

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The Chapel Hymnal #307

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The Chapel Hymnal #307

The Children's Hallelujah #d69

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The Christian hymnal #478

The Christian Hymnist #d290

The Church and School #d104

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The Church Hymnal #611a

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The Church Hymnal #611b

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The Church Hymnal #611a

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The Church Hymnal #611b

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d436

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The Clifton Chapel Collection of "Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs" #583

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The Cyber Hymnal #3368

The Gospel Call, Part Two #339

The Haverford School Hymnal #d148

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The Haverford School Hymnal #307

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The Hymnal #582

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The Hymnal, Revised and Enlarged, as adopted by the General Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States of America in the year of our Lord 1892 #611

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The Hymnal #710

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The Hymnal #582

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The Hymnal #611

The National Baptist Hymn Book #d275

The National Baptist Hymn Book #ad275

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The National Baptist Hymnal #466

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #307

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #307

The Primary Hymnal #d80

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #465

The Song Feast No. 1 #d46

The Vineyard Chorus of 1898 #d18

The Voice of Praise #d137

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Trinity Hymnal #459

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