Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us { Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us by James Edmeston, 1821 DULCE CARMEN-Essay on the Church Plain Chant, 178 2 MANNHEIM-Friedrich Filitz OLIPHANT-Pierre M. F. de S. Baillot GUIDANCE-Charles F. Gounod SEGUR-Joseph P. Holbrook Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us } Lead Us, heavenly Father, lead us O'er the world's tempestuous sea; Guard us, guide us, keep us, feed us, For we have no help but Thee, Yet possessing every blessing, If our God our Father be. Saviour, breathe forgiveness o'er us; All our weakness Thou dost know; Thou didst tread this earth before us; Thou didst feel its keenest woe; Lone and dreary, faint and weary, Through the desert Thou didst go. Spirit of our God, descending, Fill our hearts with heavenly joy; Love with every passion blending, Pleasure that can never cloy; Thus provided, pardoned, guided, Nothing can our peace destroy. Amen.