Sunday's Hymn: He Leadeth Me

He leadeth me, O blessèd thought!
O words with heav’nly comfort fraught!
Whate’er I do, where’er I be
Still ’tis God’s hand that leadeth me.

Refrain

He leadeth me, He leadeth me,
By His own hand He leadeth me;
His faithful follower I would be,
For by His hand He leadeth me.

Sometimes mid scenes of deepest gloom,
Sometimes where Eden’s bowers bloom,
By waters still, over troubled sea,
Still ’tis His hand that leadeth me.

Lord, I would place my hand in Thine,
Nor ever murmur nor repine;
Content, whatever lot I see,
Since ’tis my God that leadeth me.

And when my task on earth is done,
When by Thy grace the vict’ry’s won,
E’en death’s cold wave I will not flee,
Since God through Jordan leadeth me.

—Jo­seph H. Gil­more

This is another hymn with pages and pages of YouTube videos to choose from, and that makes it difficult to narrow thing down. Thankfully, my son helped me, choosing, first, a Buddy Greene harmonica rendition 

and then this one, which neither of us could bear to pass up.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• All the Way My Savior Leads Me at By Grace Alone
• Doxology at Gospel Grace
• Lord, Who Throughout These Forty Days at The Happy Wonderer
• Voices From the Past #8 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 8, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: Bought and paid for

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

New Grandson

Meet my first grandson. His name is Theodore Keith, Theo (they think) for short. He was born Saturday night, a day and a half after his scheduled (but then postponed) birth time, and a day and a half before his rescheduled birth time. 

Big sister Natalie is playing with her baby dolls with new intensity.

I’ve decided to take a few days off blogging to celebrate. See you Friday at Out of the Ordinary and here on Sunday with a hymn.

Sunday's Hymn: How Firm a Foundation

How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say than to you He hath said,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

When through fiery trials thy pathways shall lie,
My grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.

Even down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.

The soul that on Jesus has leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I’ll never, no never, no never forsake.

—From John Rip­pon’s  Se­lect­ion of Hymns.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: I Love to Tell the Story at Random Thoughts From a Cluttered Mind
• At Calvary at By Grace Alone
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross at Gospel Grace
• Beloved, Let Us Love at The Happy Wonderer
• Voices From the Past #7 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 7, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The mother of Hell

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.