SDA Hymnal 516
All the Way
Words: Fanny J. CrosbyMusic: Robert LowryTune: All the Way8.7.8.7.D.
1All the way my Savior leads me;
What have I to ask beside?
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my guide?
Heavenly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know, whate'er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
2All the way my Savior leads me;
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for every trial,
Feeds me with the living bread;
Though my weary steps may falter,
And my soul athirst may be,
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! a spring of joy I see.
3All the way my Savior leads me;
O the fullness of His love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father's house above;
When my spirit, clothed immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day,
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way.
- Words
- Fanny J. Crosby
- Music
- Robert Lowry
- Tune
- All the Way
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.D.
- Scripture
- Psalm 23; Isaiah 55:10-11; John 6:35
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.7.8.7.8.7.9.7 · the hymnal prints 8.7.8.7.D.
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- ABCBDEAE
Could also be sung to Converse, Nettleton, Abbot's Leigh, Harwell, Autumn · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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