He calls His own sheep by name, and He leads them out.@John 10:3

George A. Young, 1903 (MIDI, NWC, PDF).

Around 1942, Hal­dor Lil­le­nas de­cid­ed to track down George Young’s wi­dow and find out more. He got an ad­dress in a small town and, driv­ing there, he stopped at a gas sta­tion to ask for di­rect­ions. When the at­tend­ant saw the ad­dress, he said, Why sir, that’s the Coun­ty Poor House, up the road about three miles. And mis­ter, when I say poor house, I real­ly mean poor house!

Not know­ing what to ex­pect, Lil­le­nas made his way there. He found Mrs. Young, a ti­ny, el­der­ly wo­man, in sur­round­ings that were far from con­gen­i­al. However, she ra­di­at­ed the joy of the Lord, and spoke of how He’d guid­ed her and her hus­band over ma­ny years. Then, she ex­claimed, Dr. Lil­le­nas, God led me here! I’m so glad He did, for you know, about ev­ery month some­one comes into this place to spend the rest of their days…So ma­ny of them don’t know my Je­sus. I’m hav­ing the time of my life in­tro­duc­ing them to Je­sus! Dr. Lil­le­nas, isn’t it won­der­ful how God leads!

In shady, green pastures, so rich and so sweet,
God leads His dear children along;
Where the water’s cool flow bathes the weary one’s feet,
God leads His dear children along.

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Some through the waters, some through the flood,
Some through the fire, but all through the blood;
Some through great sorrow, but God gives a song,
In the night season and all the day long.

Sometimes on the mount where the sun shines so bright,
God leads His dear children along;
Sometimes in the valley, in darkest of night,
God leads His dear children along.

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Though sorrows befall us and evils oppose,
God leads His dear children along;
Through grace we can conquer, defeat all our foes,
God leads His dear children along.

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Away from the mire, and away from the clay,
God leads His dear children along;
Away up in glory, eternity’s day,
God leads His dear children along.

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