All The Way My Savior Leads Me
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
All 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?
Heav’nly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know whate’er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
All the way my Savior leads me;
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for ev’ry 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;
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! a spring of joy I see.
All the way my Savior leads me;
Oh, the fullness of His love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above:
When my spirit, cloth’d immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day,
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way;
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way.
“JESUS DOETH all things well.” It probably wasn’t always easy for Fanny Crosby to believe that. When she was only six weeks old, she lost her sight because of a doctor’s error. “I have always believed,” she said, “that the good Lord, in His infinite mercy, by this means consecrated me to the work that I am still permitted to do.” And generations of hymn singers have been blessed by Crosby’s thoughtful and praise-filled hymn texts.
This particular hymn was written on a day when Crosby needed five dollars and didn’t know where she would get it. She prayed about it, and a few minutes later a stranger came to her door and handed her that exact amount.
She was amazed at the Lord’s marvelous answer to her simple prayer. She wrote, “My first thought was, ‘It is so wonderful the way the Lord leads me.’ ”
O God, we meditate on your unfailing love as we worship in your Temple. As your name deserves, O God, you will be praised to the ends of the earth. Your strong right hand is filled with victory. . . . He is our God forever and ever, and he will guide us until we die.
Psalm 48:9-10, 14
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