O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand (EN 112)

EN 112

O God, Beneath Thy Guiding Hand

Exod.15.13

O God, beneath Thy guiding hand

Our exiled fathers crossed the sea;

And when they trod the wintry strand,

With prayer and psalm they worshipped Thee.

Thou heardest, well pleased, the song, the prayer:

Thy blessing came; and still its power

Shall onward, through all ages, bear

The memory 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 still adore,

Till these eternal hills remove,

And spring adorns the earth no more.