O my Redeemer, What a Friend Thou art to me ! Oh, what a Refuge I have found in Thee ! When the way was dreary, And my heart was sore oppressed, 'Twas Thy voice that lulled me To a calm, sweet rest.
Nearer, draw nearer, Till my soul is lost in Thee ; Nearer, draw nearer, Blessed Lord, to me.
2. When in their beauty Stars unveil their silver light, Then, O my Saviour, Give me songs at night â Songs of yonder mansions, Where the dear ones, gone before, Sing Thy praise for ever, On that peaceful shore.
3. Jesus, my Saviour, When the last deep shadows fall; When in the silence I shall hear Thy call- In Thine arms reposing, Let me breathe my life away, And awake triumphant, In eternal day.