Scripture Verse

The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms. Deuteronomy 33:27

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1888. Ap­peared in The Joy­ful Sound, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889), num­ber 149.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

When lost among the wild, dark moun­tains,
Far, far from Thee,
I heard Thy gen­tle voice, my Sav­ior,
Calling in love to me.

Refrain

Safe, with­in Thy arms of mer­cy,
Never more to roam;
O, let me rest in peace for­ev­er,
Safe in my heart’s dear home.

When lost among the wild, dark moun­tains,
Sad was my cry,
Till soft­ly came the words so ten­der,
Fear not, for here am I.

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O teach me to adore and praise Thee,
Savior di­vine;
Now I have made a full sur­ren­der,
All that I am is Thine.

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Wherever Thou wilt lead, I’ll fol­low
Close, close to Thee;
One pray­er alone my soul is breath­ing:
Savior, abide with me.

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