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b'Written during the darkest hour of the American Civil War, this hymn is based on the twenty-third Psalm. Listen to the show for the author\'s own account of its writing.
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\\nMusic on the show:
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\\nThe London Fox Singers
\\n "He Leadeth Me" (mp3)
\\nfrom "Hymn styles - Praise Ensemble"
\\n(Classic Fox Records)
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\\n Buy at Napster
\\n More On This Album
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\\nHe Leadeth Me
\\nWords: Joseph H. Gilmore
\\nMusic: William B. Bradbury
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\\nHe leadeth me, O bless\'d thought!
\\nO words with heavenly comfort fraught!
\\nWhate\'er I do, where\'er I be
\\nStill \'tis God\'s hand that leadeth me.
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\\nHe leadeth me, He leadeth me,
\\nBy His own hand He leadeth me;
\\nHis faithful follower I would be,
\\nFor by His hand He leadeth me.
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\\nSometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
\\nSometimes where Eden\'s bowers bloom,
\\nBy waters still, over troubled sea,
\\nStill \'tis His hand that leadeth me.
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\\nHe leadeth me, He leadeth me,
\\nBy His own hand He leadeth me;
\\nHis faithful follower I would be,
\\nFor by His hand He leadeth me.
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\\nLord, I would place my hand in Thine,
\\nNor ever murmur nor repine;
\\nContent, whatever lot I see,
\\nSince \'tis my God that leadeth me.
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\\nHe leadeth me, He leadeth me,
\\nBy His own hand He leadeth me;
\\nHis faithful follower I would be,
\\nFor by His hand He leadeth me.
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\\nAnd when my task on earth is done,
\\nWhen by Thy grace the victory\'s won,
\\nE\'en death\'s cold wave I will not flee,
\\nSince God through Jordan leadeth me.
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\\nHe leadeth me, He leadeth me,
\\nBy His own hand He leadeth me;
\\nHis faithful follower I would be,
\\nFor by His hand He leadeth me.'