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O God, beneath Thy guiding hand

by Leonard Bacon

Representative text

As printed in The Church Hymnal (1941), no. 507 — the newest hymnal carrying it.

Verse 1

O God, beneath Thy guiding hand Our exiled fathers crossed the sea; And when they trod the wintry strand, With prayer and psalm they worshiped Thee.

Verse 2

Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer; Thy blessing came; and still its power Shall onward, through all ages, bear The memory of that holy hour.

Verse 3

Laws, freedom, truth, and faith in God Came with those exiles o'er the waves; And, where their pilgrim feet have trod, The God they trusted guards their graves.

Verse 4

And here Thy Name, o God of love, Their children's children shall adore, Till these eternal hills remove, And spring adorns the earth no more.

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