Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal Revised
Date: 1882
Compiler: A I Hobbs et al
Publisher/Printer: Christian Publishing Co
First Line: Dear Saviour ever at my side
Topic: Children
Writer: F Faber
Composer: J Burrowes
Meter: CM
Tune: Patience
Hymn Number: 316
Page Number: 113, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDEAR Sviour, ever at my side,
How loving must Thou be,
To leave Thy home in heav'n to guard
A little child like me!
I can not feel Thee touch my hand
With pressure light and mild,
To check me, as my mother did
When I was but a child;
But I have felt Thee in my thoughts,
Rebuking sin for me;
And, when my heart loves God, I know
The sweetness is from Thee.
And when, dear Saviour, I kneel down,
Morning and night, to pray'r,
Something there is within my heart
Which tells me Thou art there.
Yes! when I pray, Thou prayest too--
Thy pray'r is all for me;
But when I sleep, Thou sleepest not,
But watchest patiently.