Lead, Kindly Light

Lead, Kindly Light

"Lead, Kindly Light" is a hymn with words written in 1833 by John Henry Newman and 4th verse by Edward H. Bickersteth, Jr.. The tune was written by John B. Dykes in 1865.

As a young priest, John Newman became sick while in Italy and was unable to travel for almost three weeks. In his own words:

:Before starting from my inn, I sat down on my bed and began to sob bitterly. My servant, who had acted as my nurse, asked what ailed me. I could only answer, "I have a work to do in England." I was aching to get home, yet for want of a vessel I was kept at Palermo for three weeks. I began to visit the churches, and they calmed my impatience, though I did not attend any services. At last I got off in an orange boat, bound for Marseilles. We were becalmed for whole week in the Straits of Bonifacio, and it was there that I wrote the lines, "Lead, Kindly Light", which have since become so well known.

"Lead, Kindly Light" was sung by a soloist on the "RMS Titanic" during a hymn-singing gathering led by Rev. Ernest C. Carter, shortly before the ocean liner struck an iceberg on April 141912. [ cite book | last = Lynch | first = Don | coauthors = Marschall, Ken | title = Titanic - An Illustrated History | origyear = | edition = 2nd edition | year = 1997 | publisher = Hodder & Stoughton | location = London | isbn = 0-340-56271-4 | pages = p. 77 | ]

The first verse is:Quote box2 |width= 24em |border= 1px |align= center |bgcolor= #c6dbf7 |halign= left | title="Lead, Kindly Light"|quote="Lead, Kindly Light, amidst th'encircling gloom, Lead Thou me on! The night is dark, and I am far from home, Lead Thou me on! Keep Thou my feet; I do not ask to see The distant scene; one step enough for me."

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