O How Kindly Hast Thou Led Me

O how kind­ly hast Thou led me

Heav’nly Fa­ther

day by day;

Found my dwell­ing

clothed and fed me

Furnished friends to cheer my way!

Didst Thou bless me

didst Thou chast­en

With Thy smile or with Thy rod

’Twas that still my step might hast­en

Homeward

heav’n­ward

to my God.

O how slow­ly have I oft­en

Followed where Thy hand would draw!

How Thy kind­ness failed to soft­en!

How Thy chast­en­ing failed to awe!

Make me for Thy rest more rea­dy

As Thy path is long­er trod;

Keep me in Thy friend­ship stea­dy

Till Thou call me home

my God.