Take Thou My Hand and Lead Me

Text by Julie Katharina von Hausmann

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About this hymn

Date: 1862
Tune: So Nimm Denn Meine Hände
Composer: Friedrich Silcher
Key: F
Meter: 11 11 11 11

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Bread (of Life/Daily Bread), Calmness, Children (see also God's Children - the Faithful), Christian Life, Comfort, Discipleship.

Ps 25:1-22 · Jer 31:9-14 · Ex 13:21 · Ps 119:105

Musical background

So Nimm Denn Meine Hände is presented in the source key of F, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Julie Katharina von Hausmann, 1862. Translated by Rev. Julius Herman Edward Horstmann (1869-1954), before 1901. Music: 'So Nimm Denn Meine Hände' Friedrich Silcher, 1842. Setting: Donna Snell, circa 1975. copyright: public domain. Setting released into the public domain by Donna Snell 10 Nov 2010. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2010 Revision.