Lead Us Heavenly Father Top Pick
For Unison Voices and Keyboard (organ or piano) - A calm setting of the text by James Edmeston. Easy to learn and a good choice for a communion anthem. Learning tracks are available for this piece and can be accessed after downloading the .pdf. The recording is of the version for SATB and keyboard, which is available here.
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.