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Safe Where Jesus Leads

Author: M. Lowrie Hofford Appears in 2 hymnals First Line: O precious Savior, I would lay Refrain First Line: In every duty of the day

[O precious Saviour, I would lay]

Appears in 2 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: J. H. Rosecrans Incipit: 55434 51162 11117 Used With Text: Safe Where Jesus Leads

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Author: Rev. M. L. Hofford Hymnal: Gospel Praise Book. #298 (1885) First Line: O precious Saviour, I would lay Refrain First Line: In every duty of the day Lyrics: 1 O precious Saviour, I would lay My hand within Thine own today; And feel this confidence in Thee:— I’m safe where’er Thou leadest me. Chorus: In ev’ry duty of the day, My hand within Thine own I’d lay, And feel this confidence in Thee:— I’m safe where’er Thou leadest me. 2 My path may be thro’ fields of green, Or deserts where no life is seen; Let joy or grief my portion be;— I’m safe where’er Thou leadest me. [Chorus] 3 Afflictions may be sharp and strong; Temptation’s power may try me long; The reason though I fail to see, I’m safe where’er Thou leadest me. [Chorus] 4 Then in the hour when death draws nigh, And darkness veils the earth and sky; ‘Mid pierceless gloom I’ll trust in Thee, I’m safe where’er Thou leadest me. [Chorus] Topics: Christian Experience Languages: English Tune Title: [O precious Saviour, I would lay]

Safe Where Jesus Leads

Author: Rev. M. L. Hofford Hymnal: Jewels of Praise #63 (1884) First Line: O precious Saviour, I would lay Refrain First Line: In ev'ry duty of the day Languages: English Tune Title: [O precious Saviour, I would lay]

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M. Lowrie Hofford

1825 - 1888 Author of "Safe Where Jesus Leads" Born: January 27, 1825, Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Died: January 9, 1888, Trenton, New Jersey. Hofford attended Lafayette and Princeton, where he graduated in 1849. He studied theology at the Princeton seminary for a year, and became principal of the Camden collegiate institute. While there, he organized a church at Beverly, New Jersey, being licensed by the Presbytery in Philadelphia in 1852. In 1855, he was ordained an evangelist in Burlington, New Jersey. In 1860, he began teaching at the Trenton Institute, and in 1863 took charge of a military institute at Allentown, Pennsylvania that was later incorporated as Muhlenberg College; he served there as a professor and later president. He taught and pastored at Camden and Beverly, New Jersey, and Doylestown, Pennsylvania (1868-78), then became pastor at Morrisville, Pennsylvania. --www.hymntime.com/tch

J. H. Rosecrans

1845 - 1926 Composer of "[O precious Saviour, I would lay]" in Gospel Praise Book. James Holmes Rosecrans studied at the Baxter University of Music in Friendship, New York. After teaching for two years, he joined the Fillmore Brothers Music House in Cincinnati, Ohio. As of 1880, he was teaching music in Douglas County, Colorado. In 1884, was an evangelist in California, and later was associated with evangelistic efforts in Texas, and taught music and Bible at Carlton College in Bonham, Texas. He published over 20 music collections in his lifetime. © The Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)