He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought, de Joseph Henry Gilmore

Joseph Henry Gilmore

 29 de abril de 1834 • Nascimento de Joseph Henry Gilmore, professor de hebraico e escritor de hinos

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Joseph Henry Gilmore nasceu em 29 de abril de1834 em Boston, Massachusetts, e faleceu em 23 de Julho de 1918, em Rochester, New York. Professor de hebraico e escritor de hinos. Foi ordenado pastor baptista em 1862, depois de ter exercido durante muitos anos este ministério sagrado, começou s ensinar no the Rochester (N.Y.) Theological Seminary, donde passaria à Universadde de Rochester. Tendo escrito algumas obras valiosas, no entanto eleainda hoje é recordado como autor do hino "He Leadeth Me! O Blessed Thought."

HINO "HE LEADETH ME! O BLESSED THOUGHT."

   
Poema: Joseph H. Gil­more
Música: Wiliam B. Bradbury
   
He leadeth me, O blessèd thought!
O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

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He leadeth me, He leadeth me,
By His own hand He leadeth me;
His faithful follower I would be,
For by His hand He leadeth me.

Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, over troubled sea,
Still ’tis His hand that leadeth me.

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Lord, I would place my hand in Thine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me.

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And when my task on earth is done,
When by Thy grace the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me.

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