THE STORY BEHIND THE HYMN-LEAD KINDLY LIGHT

[@rosemarytony635]

I absolutely adore this hymn. I learnt it at my school and it has helped me through some dark times. May God continue to bless this hymn so that it can comfort many & lead people to Christ.

[@shanthiamalraj]

One of my favourite songs Really loved every word of this song

[@rochellehbrown67]

I love this hymn. I sang it in a state competition and won 1st place. When I first learned of the hymn and read the words I began to cry only later to understand it's meaning and the writer's reasoning for penning this hymn. Lead Kindly Light will always be dear to my heart.

[@TheBeautygarden]

Thank you, I also love this hymn.

[@kithsirirubesinghe.338]

Thank you for your Ministry. 🌹🌹

[@Esme-gf4jd]

Excellent, wonderful. TY.

[@JasGould-sh3fh]

Lead Kindly Light is the inscription on my Grandfather's grave. It is my favourite.

[@johnrose8880]

Thank you I sing "Lead kindly light" for our Newman Association meeting every month. At Kochi Kerala India

[@srk8360]

இந்த பாடல் என்னுடைய பள்ளி கல்லூரி பருவத்தில் கேட்டுஇருக்கிறேன். நீண்ட கால தேடுதலுக்குப் பிறகு இன்று கிடைத்தது. இந்த பாடல் வரிகள் மனதில் நம்பிக்கை யையும் ஆறுதலையும் தரக்கூடியவை. அற்புதமான படைப்பு. நன்றி 🙏💐💐💐💐💐

[@edwardhart5466]

Thankyou, a wonderful storey, I have sang this hymn so many times ,such wonderful words how we all need to be guided by our Saviour Jesus Christ .

[@terrysteve4189]

Thank you.❤️

[@rejijoseph6014]

thank you very much for your explanation and story behind this hymn, God bless us all....

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank YOU Reji for taking time to watch my little video and sending me a message. What a wonderful blessing you stated my friend...indeed...may God bless us all. :)

[@Moghie69]

This is my daily school prayer which we were singing before we kick off our morning session. Thanks for sharing🙏🏻

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for finding and watching my little video! I'm so glad you liked it. What a wonderful way to start each new school day...you inspire me! :)

[@bijupaul7020]

My college (Newman College)prayer hymn as well.

[@richardagblor6943]

Thanks for sharing this piece dear. God bless you. There are still people out there with good hearts

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting Richard. I really appreciate you taking the time for my video. May God bless you too! :)

[@nikhilthomas9993]

@@carlacarmichael2978 it was very nice ... beautiful sound and reading ❤️

[@soniarizkallah5666]

Thank you so much for this video, God bless you.

[@berniceagyeiwaa5165]

I remember we sang this at the funeral of my high school mate .

[@jaikumard1393]

Thank you for sharing this information. Very meaningful song. 🙏🙏🙏🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for watching and leaving me such a nice comment. Carla :)

[@rsr65]

Thank you for sharing this..I too enjoy old hymns as well as new ones but I really enjoyed hearing how this one came about..What a wonderful man to share his feelings so that they may be shared for generations!!

[@anneprendergast9254]

Thank you Carla for this wonderful and inspiring story of the hymn "Lead, Kindly Light" Before writing further, I wish you a blessed and joyful feast of Cardinal John Henry Newman whose feast it is today. 9th October. I have always dearly loved this man who is now a saint-his brilliant mind and his long and enduring search for the Truth. How I love his hymn which as you said is quite famous throughout the world. God bless you and a blessing too from St. John Henry.

[@gurmanshergill5363]

Many thanks for telling the story behind the hymn 'Lead kindly light'. This hymn has been my favourite hymn since my young life while I was at school where we we first sung. The words and the phrases used captured my heart that I learnt the whole song by heart and the memory of those days are still with me.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Awwww...thank you so much for sharing your memories of this precious hymn. I'm 66...and I can still recall most of the words to the hymns of my childhood too! I appreciate you watching...and taking time to leave your kind comment. Hoping that you and yours take care and stay safe. Carla

[@gurmanshergill5363]

@@carlacarmichael2978 I highly apreciate your response dear Clara.I am now 86 years old and Istill love the words and phrases .Having done some difficult poems in English Literature as part of the subects makes me apriciate the songs more grasp to spiritual context. Think of the poems like "the Hound of Heaven or "the Grammarian's Funerial and some others . May God bless you.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

@@gurmanshergill5363 Oh...may God bless you too my friend. Yes...I have heard "The Hound of Heaven" before. I'm so glad that you still enjoy the old hymns and poems as I do also! When I was 11 years old, my Dad bought me a second-hand piano...and a 25 cent "Army/Navy hymnal" from Salvation Army. Hymns were the first things I learned to play (Stand Up, Stand Up For Jesus being the first one I mastered!) and they are still my favorite songs to play these many years later. I still love to sing the verses along as I play...though my voice is not as strong as in times past...but the Bible says "make a joyful noise unto the Lord"...so my feeble efforts still count, right? So nice hearing again from you...and I hope your Christmas season is a special and joyous one for you. Carla

[@rdmantik]

Thanks so much sharing. Truly a remarkable hymn.

[@indiraalwis7813]

One step is enough for me

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Amen to that...I feel that way too. :)

[@nandhi108]

Reconnecting to this sacred hymn we sang as a child is infinite Blessings. Yes, lead thou me on! :))) Yes, He/She is Consciousness leading every thought! In sacredness of blessings of each, the We singing together! :))))) Peace triumphs through these trying times. Our cry of prayers, heart song of One- thank you for the story of the Being behind and within the song.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for taking time to watch and comment! I love the stories behind old hymns...they are definitely and truly "inspired"...and meant to inspire those who hear and sing them as well.

[@abhishekvaid8103]

Thank you.

[@suewiltshire8043]

Thank you so much

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for taking time to watch and leave me your nice comment Sue! Hugs, Carla

[@yolanreddy2701]

Lead kindly light is my high school song

[@joselinraj156]

Favorite hym of Gandhi Ji

[@njacobkrocha2418]

What a coincidence! As soon as you mentioned that this book was written in 1951, the clock on my phone too was 1951. Weird but fascinating

[@DIYtipz]

Weird but mine was 8:51 which is 20:51pm 😱

[@Chandransingham]

Great insight. Thanks. It also comes up in the Night Prayers of the Divine Office.

[@adejimiadewale5163]

So long thy power hath bless me sure, it still, will lead me on! 🙏

[@asrose7979]

Thank you for the post. I found your video while reading the chapter about this hymn in, _Then Sings My Soul,_ by Robert J. Morgan.👍🔔 (New Subscriber) 🌹

[@irukambanefo7098]

Thank you 😊

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank YOU for watching and taking of your time to leave me a comment...I so appreciate that! Hope you have a blessed day. Hugs, Carla :)

[@wulitatsegaye8473]

IT the Cardinal Day Today. . . May God Bless You All.

[@renewaugaman5050]

Thank you. For I am lost.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Awwwww...thank you so much for watching and commenting Rene'. I hope this little video is a comfort to you in some way and I pray that the Holy Spirit brings you both peace and comfort in the days ahead. Take Care...Carla

[@gasparfernandes5881]

Thank you ..I wanted this and I got it ..God bless u 😊

[@nikhilthomas9993]

Thanks dear ...❤️

[@enlightenedvirtigo4896]

Mahatma Gandhi had this song translated in gujarati ,his native language..we used sing this song "પ્રેમળ જ્યોતિ તારો દાખવી મુજ જીવન પંથ ઉજાળ" at school in morning prayer before class began

[@ShaGurl609]

Thanks For Sharing :-)

[@mouthygirl95820]

I wonder how these hymes would sound in today's language. If it would change the meaning or make sound more relatable. I find it hard for me comprehend when things are written in language not used today. I gotta a bible app so wonder if I can find this in it. Thank u for this sis.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

When I read older hymns, I remind myself that they were written as poems or verse first...then later music was added to turn them into songs. And yes, your're so right, the older useages of language can throw us all a bit. But I learned in school to read each poem...not in a "rhyming" way...but as sentences between the punctuation marks...and breaking it down that way really does make understanding it easier. Also where the words are "contracted"...like "th'encircling gloom"...I actually fill the phrase out to "the encircling gloom" when I read it. I learned that little technique for reading some of the more difficult parts of Scripture...and things like Shakespeare and other ancient writers. I actually prefer to read poetry rather than straight literature. The sing/song nature of how it is written appeals to the music-side of me! I hope this helps Hon.

[@solomonrajendranjohn4957]

Carla, I am blessed. I am speechless.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for watching and commenting friend. I am so glad you happened by! :) Carla

[@math1182]

A small correction: JHN was originally in the Church of England which has a rich Catholic tradition. She is NOT a protestant church.

[@ahcokris]

"One step enough for me..." I graduated at theology from Newman. I am so happy about his canonisation due on october 13.th. I pray for his intercession daily.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you so much for watching and taking time to leave me a comment. Your comment blessed my heart this morning. Thank you for that.

[@ahcokris]

@@carlacarmichael2978 God's blessing on you and your channel. Keep up the good work. :)

[@carlacarmichael2978]

@@ahcokris Thank you! And same to you my friend! :)

[@stevenbailey9048]

A choir sang this beautiful hymn to Queen Victoria as she passed from this world to the next

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Oh...I didn't know that! Thank you so much for sharing that bit of history! :)

[@theenglishcatholic5685]

The Church of England was not Protestant, it was Anglican under the control of a Monarch who disobeyed the Pope

[@sterling629]

This Hymn was , a surprise to me that he became a Catholic. no disrespect, the first verse was always sung at the start of our Masonic Meetings.

[@lumarei1]

Discerning Appaeitions

[@Miriana727]

Thank you.

[@carlacarmichael2978]

Thank you for taking time to watch and writing to me! Hugs, Carla :)