FIRST IN A SERIES…

While doing some reading on the Internet, I ran across the title of an old hymn I remember singing…All the Way My Savior Leads Me.  I stopped for a minute and closed my eyes.  Yes, I remember that song.  Immediately the phrase came to mind…“for I know what ‘ere befall me, Jesus doeth all things well.”  Wow!  I didn’t even remember that I remembered those words.  But, there they were.  I tried to think of the rest of the song. And, I could recall those sweet words…the whole first verse was as clear to me as if I sang it last Sunday.  Which sadly, I didn’t.  Next I googled the lyrics and as I read them, they were refreshed in my memory as well…all 3 verses….and I could recall all the words to the 3rd verse, as well, once I got a little push!

If you do not know of this old hymn, read these words below as a poem…they are beautiful…

(there is NO reason for the extra space between the first line and the rest of the lines…stupid computer won’t let me fix it, either)

All the Way My Savior Leads Me

Frances J. Crosby

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All the way my Savior leads me,

What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my Guide?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know, whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.

All the way my Savior leads me,
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for every trial,
Feeds me with the living Bread.
Though my weary steps may falter
And my soul athirst may be,
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! A spring of joy I see;
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! A spring of joy I see.

All the way my Savior leads me,
Oh, the fullness of His love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above.
When my spirit, clothed immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way;
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way.

(Copyright: Public Domain…..Scripture: Revelation 7:17…..Robert Lowry, pub.1875Copyright: Public Domain…..Key: G…..Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7.8.7)

Revelation 7:17  NKJV “…for the Lamb who is in the midst of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to living fountains of waters.  And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”