“Jesus doeth all things well. It probably wasn’t always easy for Fanny Crosby to believe that. When she was only six weeks old, she lost her sight because of a doctor’s error. “I have always believed,” she said, “that the good Lord, in His infinite mercy, by this means consecrated me to the work that I am still permitted to do.” And generations of hymn singers have been blessed by Crosby’s thoughtful and praise-filled hymn texts.
This particular hymn was written on a day when Crosby needed five dollars and didn’t know where she would get it. She prayed about it, and a few minutes later a stranger came to her door and handed her that exact amount.
She was amazed at the Lord’s marvelous answer to her simple prayer. “I have no way of accounting for this,” she wrote, “except to believe that God, in answer to my prayer, put it into the heart of this good man to bring the money.” My first thought was, “It is so wonderful the way the Lord leads me.”
All the Way My Savior Leads Me
All the way my Savior leads me;
What have I to ask beside
Can I doubt His tender mercy,
Who through life has been my guide?
Heavenly peace, divinest comfort,
Here by faith in Him to dwell!
For I know what ‘er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well;
For I know what ‘er befall me,
Jesus doeth all things well.
All the way my Savior leads me;
Cheers each winding path I tread,
Gives me grace for every trial,
Feeds me with the living bread;
Though my weary steps may falter,
And my soul athirst may be,
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! A spring of joy I see;
Gushing from the Rock before me,
Lo! A spring of joy I see.
All the way my Savior leads me;
Oh, the fullness of His love!
Perfect rest to me is promised
In my Father’s house above;
When my spirit, clothed immortal,
Wings its flight to realms of day,
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way;
This my song through endless ages:
Jesus led me all the way.
Fanny Jane Crosby (1820-1915) One Year Book of Hymns compiled and edited by Robert K. Brown and Mark R. Norton (Wheaton: Tyndale, 1995). January 16 entry.