I am with you always, even unto the end of the world.
Matthew 28:20
Words: Edward H. Nevin, in the Congregational Hymn Book, by Elias Nason, 1857.
Music: Brocklesby Charlotte A. Barnard, 1868 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Nevin (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
Always with us, always with us,
Words of cheer, and words of love;
Thus the risen Savior whispers,
From His dwelling place above.
With us when we toil in sadness,
Sowing much, and reaping none;
Telling us that in the future
Golden harvests shall be won.
With us when the storm is sweeping,
O’er our pathway dark and drear;
Waking hope within our bosoms,
Stilling every anxious fear.
With us in the lonely valley,
When we cross the chilling stream;
Lighting up the steps to glory
With salvation’s radiant beam.