All the way my Savior leads me

One of the many aspects which I appreciate regarding this web site is that on these web pages from time to time a well-adaptation version of the lyric based on the biblical truth and the vision of this age is found and can be enjoyed; for instance, another hymn written by F.J. Crosby, “We are never weary singing our eternal song”, I could find that the original lyric in the 3rd stanza “We are going to a palace that is built of gold”, which appeared to cause difficulty in its being acceptable in Biblical sense, had been modified as “We are going on to glory as the Lord has told”.

Likewise, in another hymn “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ” written by Edward Mote (1797~1874), I appreciated a part of the original lyric such as “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness” in the 1st stanza, which seemed to be unclear about the differentiation and clarification between ‘the righteousness of Jesus’ and ‘Christ as righteousness’ (1 Cor. 1:30, Jer. 33:16), had been substituted with “My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus Christ, my righteousness”, and also the original lyric such as “Dressed in His righteousness alone” in 4th stanza was corrected as “In Him, my righteousness, alone”.

And in the same manner, I’d like to expect the phrase of “in Jesus” (“To be happy in Jesus”) in the hymn “Trust and obey” written by John Henry Sammis (1846-1919) also to be reconsidered because in Biblical truth, we would say that we are “in the Lord” or “in Christ Jesus” not “in Jesus”.

Both the original lyric and the adaptation version lyric on this web site may be enjoyed; however, sometimes I feel that some of the original lyric contents lie in the limitation of that age when it was written, in other words, limitation in the matter of revelations and Biblical truth, so in that sense from time to time a part of the original lyric content is regarded as something not to be accepted in its entirety, rather for which a sensibly adapted version is needed.

May the Lord who is leading our praises (Heb. 2:12, Isaiah 42:8) dwell in our hearts and sit enthroned upon the praises of Israel (Eph. 3:17, Ps. 22:3)!

In the original last stanza, the 1st 4 lines say:

All the way my Savior leads me
O the fullness of His love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above.

We thank You and praise You, Lord as “our hope of glory” (Col. 1:27), for the very sufficient grace in our sufferings and the power tabernacled over us in our weaknesses (2 Cor. 12:9) which are leading and guiding us through each step of our earthly journey here below into the way where we "offer up a sacrifice of praise"(Heb. 13:15) in our hearts to You, which we'll enjoy 'in our Father's blest embrace’ as "the hidden manna" (Rev. 2:17) ‘through endless ages'.

O Lord the Spirit, we lift up our souls to You as the Shepherd and Overseer of our souls (1 Pet. 2:25) who is leading us all the way unto "the saving of the souls" (Heb. 10:39, 1 Pet. 1:9, Matt. 10:22, Luke 21:19) and 'the entrance into the eternal kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ" (2 Pet. 1:11, 2 Tim. 4:18). Praise the Lord!

"Cheers each winding path I tread"

The above lyric reminds me of Christ being our advocate and Rear Guard through life's challenges and victories. I can see Him "cheering", holding up a banner of Love just for me and for all His children.

Jesus Christ is Lord, Jesus Christ is all! Amen.

Jesus doeth ALL things well! Hallelujah! Praise His holy name.

The last line of this song was circling in my head this morning, but I couldn't remember the rest -- until I tried online and here it is. Thank you! It was a favorite of my father, and I remember him singing it since I was a child.

With the help of the Holy Spirit I will be telling the story of Fannie Crosby at the Texas Storytelling Conference. She was such an imspiration for so many for almost 100 years.

Christ the loving Saviour, my Lord....

Adding to Mark's May, 2008 post on the story of this hymn: When the stranger gave Fanny Crosby the exact amount that she had prayed for, 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.'" - Great Songs of Faith by Brown & Norton