Hymn
Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand
Great God, we sing that mighty hand
By which supported still we stand;
The opening year Thy mercy shows--
Let mercy crown it till it close.
By day, at night, at home, abroad,
Still are we guarded by our God;
By His incessant bounty fed,
By His unerring counsel led.
With grateful hearts the past we own;
The future, all to us unknown,
We to Thy guardian care commend;
Do Thou to all our wants attend.
In scenes exalted or depressed,
Be Thou our joy and thou our rest;
Thy goodness all our hopes shall raise,
Adored thro' all our changing days.
When death shall interrupt our songs
And seal in silence mortal tongues,
Our helper, God, thro' endless days
With better songs our souls shall praise.
Amen.
Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand — Text from American Lutheran Hymnal, 1930. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/great-god-we-sing-your-guiding-hand
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand?
The words of Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand were written by Philip Doddridge; the version here was published in 1930. The library holds 55 more hymns by Philip Doddridge, including Sympathy with the Afflicted and Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound.
Is Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand public domain?
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What is the metre of Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand?
Great God, We Sing Your Guiding Hand is in Long Metre (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Lord of All Being, Throned Afar, The Gospel of Christ and Awake! O Church of God, Awake!