Hymn
O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand
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.
Thou heard'st well pleased, the song, the prayer:
Thy blessing came; and still its pow'r
Shall onward, thro' all ages, bear
The mem'ry of that holy hour.
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.
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.
O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand — Text from The New Christian Hymnal, 1929. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/o-god-beneath-thy-guiding-hand
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand?
The words of O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand were written by Leonard Bacon; the version here was published in 1929. The library also holds Wake the Song of Jubilee, another hymn by Leonard Bacon.
Is O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from The New Christian Hymnal, published in 1929. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand?
O God, Beneath Thy 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, Olive's Brow, The Unity of God and Eternity Anticipated.