Jesu, My Savior, Brother, Friend

Jesu

my Sav­ior

bro­ther

friend

On whom I cast my ev­ery care

On whom for all things I de­pend

Inspire

and then ac­cept

my pray­er.

If I have tast­ed of Thy grace

The grace that sure sal­va­tion brings

If with me now Thy Spir­it stays

And ho­ver­ing hides me in His wings.

Still let Him with my weak­ness stay

Nor for a mo­ment’s space de­part

Evil and dan­ger turn away

And keep

till He re­news my heart.

When to the right or left I stray

His voice be­hind me may I hear

Return

and walk in Christ Thy way

Fly back to Christ

for sin is near.

His sac­red unc­tion from above

Be still my com­fort­er and guide;

Till all the hard­ness He re­move

And in my lov­ing heart re­side.

Jesus

I fain would walk in Thee

From na­ture’s ev­ery path re­treat;

Thou art my way

my lead­er be

And set up­on the rock my feet.

Uphold me

Sav­ior

or I fall

O reach me out Thy gra­cious hand

Only on Thee for help I call

Only by faith in Thee I stand.

Pierce

fill me with a hum­ble fear

My ut­ter help­less­ness re­veal;

Satan and sin are al­ways near

Thee may I al­ways near­er feel.

O that to Thee my con­stant mind

Might with an ev­en flame as­pire!

Pride in its ear­li­est mo­tions find

And mark the ris­ings of de­sire.

O that my ten­der soul might fly

The first ab­horred ap­proach of ill

Quick

as the ap­ple of an eye

The slight­est touch of sin to feel.

Till thou anew my soul cre­ate

Still may I strive

and watch

and pray

Humbly

and con­fi­dent­ly wait

And long to see Thy per­fect day.

My whole re­gard still may I place

On the faint ray of op­en­ing light

The sure pro­phet­ic word of grace

That glim­mers through my na­ture’s night.

Here let my soul’s sure an­chor be

Here let me fix my wish­ful eyes

And wait till I ex­ult to see

The Day-Star in my heart arise.

My Lord

Thou will not long de­lay

This in­ward calm pro­claims Thee near

Sorrow and doubt are fled away;

My Lord shall in my heart ap­pear.

Jesu

my Sav­ior

bro­ther

friend

As I be­lieve

so let it be;

O make me pa­tient to the end

And then re­veal Thy­self in me.