He Led Them By A Right Way Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDED FGFH IJIJ KLKL MNMN OMPM QRSR| When Israel was from Egypt freed | A |
| The Lord who brought them out | B |
| Helped them in every time of need | A |
| But led them round about | B |
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| To enter Canaan soon they hoped | C |
| But quickly changed their mind | D |
| When the Red Sea their passage stopped | E |
| And Pharaoh marched behind | D |
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| The desert filled them with alarms | F |
| For water and for food | G |
| And Amalek by force of arms | F |
| To check their progress stood | H |
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| They often murmured by the way | I |
| Because they judged by sight | J |
| But were at length constrained to say | I |
| The Lord had led them right | J |
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| In the Red Sea that stopped them first | K |
| Their enemies were drowned | L |
| The rocks gave water for their thirst | K |
| And Manna spread the ground | L |
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| By fire and cloud their way was shown | M |
| Across the pathless sands | N |
| And Amalek was overthrown | M |
| By Moses' lifted hands | N |
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| The way was right their hearts to prove | O |
| To make God's glory known | M |
| And show his wisdom pow'r and love | P |
| Engaged to save his own | M |
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| Just so the true believer's path | Q |
| Through many dangers lies | R |
| Though dark to sense 'tis right to faith | S |
| And leads us to the skies | R |
John Newton
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