1 O Holy Savior! Friend unseen,
Since on thine arm thou bid'st me lean,
Help me, throughout life's changing scene,
By faith to cling to thee!
2 What though the world deceitful prove,
And earthly friends and joys remove?
With patient, uncomplaining love
Still I would cling to thee.
3 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.
Source: Lead Me, Guide Me (2nd ed.) #353
First Line: | O Holy Savior, Friend unseen, Since on Thine arm Thou bidd'st me lean |
Title: | Clinging to Thee |
Author: | Charlotte Elliott |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
The second line is sometimes given as "The faint, the weak on Thee may lean,".
O Holy Saviour, Friend unseen, p. 836, ii. In the 1835 ed. of The Invalid's Hymn Book, No. 63, this hymn begins,"Holy Saviour, Friend unseen."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)