Saviour, lead me, lest I stray
Saviour, lead me, lest I stray. Frank M. Davis* (1839-1896).
Written in 1880 on a steamer in Chesapeake Bay, this was published in S.B. Ellenberger’s Bright Gems (1881). It is sometimes known by its refrain, ‘Lead me, lead me’ (‘Gently down the stream of time;/ Saviour, lead me all the way’). In Britain it is found in the Song Book of the Salvation Army (1953 and 1986 editions).
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Further Reading
Gordon Taylor, Companion to the Song Book of the Salvation Army (London,...
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