Lead Me On

Traveling to the bet­ter land

O’er the des­ert’s scorch­ing sand

Father! let me grasp Thy hand;

Lead me on

lead me on!

When at Mar­ah

parched with heat

I the spark­ling fount­ain greet

Make the bit­ter wa­ters sweet;

Lead me on

lead me on!

When the wil­der­ness is drear

Show me El­im’s palm grove near

And her wells

as crys­tal clear

Lead me on

lead me on!

When with Am­al­ec I fight

Brave to bat­tle for the right

Give me cour­age

give me might:

Lead me on

lead me on!

In temp­ta­tion

when the foe

Sorely thrusts to lay me low

Father! con­quer­ing grace be­stow

Lead me on

lead me on!

Through the wa­ter

through the fire

Never let me fail or tire

Every step brings Ca­naan nigh­er:

Lead me on

lead me on!

Bid me stand on Ne­bo’s height

Gaze upon the land of light

Then

trans­port­ed with the sight

Lead me on

lead me on!

When I stand on Jor­dan’s brink

Never let me fear or shrink;

Hold me

Fa­ther

lest I sink:

Lead me on

lead me on!

When the vic­to­ry is won

And eter­nal life be­gun

Up to glo­ry lead me on!

Lead me on

lead me on!