Hymns · 1762

Captain of Israel's host, and guide

Lyrics ↗ Sheet music ↗ Search for Video ↗ Other links ↗

Details

Hymnal / album Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1

Publisher Farley

Copyright Public Domain (Disclaimer: This is not legal advice. The publication year, if correct, suggests that this work may be in public domain in the U.S..)

Notes Originally titled “The Lord went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way, and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light: to go by day and night.”—[Exod.] xiii. 21. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 43.

Scripture connections

References

Verses this song directly draws from

Exodus 13:21-22 Psalm 91:1 I Corinthians 10:31

Allusions

Verses this song echoes or alludes to

Exodus 40:38 Numbers 9:16 Numbers 14:14 Deuteronomy 1:33 Joshua 5:14-15 Nehemiah 9:12 Nehemiah 9:19 Psalm 78:14 Psalm 119:133 Isaiah 4:5 John 16:13 Romans 8:14 II Corinthians 3:18 II Corinthians 12:9 Galatians 11:13-16 Hebrews 13:14 I John 4:18

Lyrics

Verse 1
Captain of Israel’s host, and guide (Josh. 5:14-15)
Of all who seek that land above, (Heb. 11:13-16, Heb. 13:14)
Beneath thy shadow we abide, (Ps. 91:1)
The cloud of thy protecting love, (Ex. 13:21-22, Ex. 40:38, Num. 9:16, Num. 14:14, Deut. 1:33, Neh., 9:12, Neh. 9:19, Ps. 78:14, Is. 4:5)
Our strength thy grace, our rule thy word, (II Cor. 12:9, Ps. 119:133)
Our end, the glory of the Lord. (I Cor. 10:31, II Cor. 3:18)

Verse 2
By thine unerring Spirit led, (John 16:13, Rom. 8:14)
We shall not in the desart stray,
The light of man’s direction need,
Or miss our providential way,
As far from danger as from fear,
While love, almighty love, is near. (I John 4:18)