O How Kindly Hast Thou Led Me

O how kindly hast Thou led me

Author: Thomas Grinfield
Tune: MIDDLETON (Arnold)
Published in 32 hymnals

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1 O how kindly hast Thou led me,
Heav’nly Father, day by day;
Found my dwelling, clothed and fed me,
Furnished friends to cheer my way!
Didst Thou bless me, didst Thou chasten,
With Thy smile or with Thy rod,
’Twas that still my step might hasten
Homeward, heav’nward, to my God.

2 O how slowly have I often
Followed where Thy hand would draw!
How Thy kindness failed to soften!
How Thy chastening failed to awe!
Make me for Thy rest more ready,
As Thy path is longer trod;
Keep me in Thy friendship steady,
Till Thou call me home, my God.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #8325

Author: Thomas Grinfield

Grinfield, Thomas, M.A., b. Sept. 27th, 1788, and educated at Paul's Cray, Kent, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Taking Holy Orders in 1813, he was (preferred to the Rectory of Shirland, Derbyshire, in 1827 (Lyra Britannica, 1867, p. 256). He died in 1870. His published works include:— (1) Epistles and Miscellaneous Poems, London, 1815; (2) The Omnipresence of God, with Other Sacred Poems, Bristol, 1824; and (3) A Century of Original Sacred Songs composed for Favourite Airs, London, 1836. From Nos. 2 and 3 the following hymns have come into common use:— 1. And is there a land far away from sin and woe? Heaven. No. 84 of his Century of Original Sacred Songs, 1836, in 4 stanzas of 4 lines, and headed "The Heavenly Land." 2. 0 how k… Go to person page >

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The Cyber Hymnal #8325
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Instances (1 - 32 of 32)
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Glorious Things in Sacred Song #94

Great Songs of the Church #d247

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Great Songs of the Church #221

Great Songs of the Church (Revised) #142

Great Songs of the Church #461

Harmony in Praise #d146

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High School Hymnal #166

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Hymn and Tune Book for the Church and the Home. (Rev. ed.) #59

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Hymn and Tune Book, for the Church and the Home #291

Hymnal of the Reformed Episcopal Church, adopted in General Council, Chicago, May 1879 #d214

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Hymns for the Christian Church, for the Use of the First Church of Christ in Boston #68

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Hymns of the Church, Ancient and Modern #350

Immanuel Hymnal #d336

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Melodies and Hymns for Divine Service in Appleton Chapel #a136

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #515

New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #515

Praise for the Lord (Expanded Edition) #476

School and College Hymnal #d106

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School and College Hymnal #166

Songs Of The Church #400

The Book of Praise #d243

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The Catholic Hymnal #220

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The Christian Hymn Book #922

The Christian Hymnal #d490

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The Christian Hymnal #594

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The Christian hymnal #506

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The Cyber Hymnal #8325

The New Alphabetical Hymnal #d279

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