- O Holy Saviour, Friend unseen,
The faint, the weak on Thee may lean:
Help me, throughout life's varying scene,
By faith to cling to Thee.
- Blest with communion so divine,
Take what Thou wilt, shall I repine,
When, as the branches to the vine,
My soul may cling to Thee?
- Far from her home, fatigued, opprest,
Here she has found a place of rest;
An exile still, yet not unblest,
While she can cling to Thee.
- What though the world deceitful prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove,
With patient uncomplaining love,
Still would I cling to Thee
- Oft when I seem to tread alone
Some barren waste with thorns o'er grown,
A Voice of love in gentlest tone
Whispers, `Still cling to Me.`
- Though faith and hope awhile be tried,
I ask not, need not, aught beside;
How safe, how calm, how satisfied,
The souls that cling to Thee!
- They fear not life's rough storms to brave,
Since Thou art near and strong to save;
Nor shudder e'en at death's dark wave,
Because they cling to Thee.
- Blest is my lot whate'er befall:
What can disturb me, who appal,
While, as my strength, my rock, my all,
Saviour, I cling to Thee? Amen.