O Jesus I have promised
To serve you to the end
Be now and ever near me
My Master and my friend
I shall not fear the battle
If you are by my side
Nor wander from the pathway
If you will be my Guide
O let me feel you near me
The world is ever near
I see the sights that dazzle
The tempting sounds I hear
My foes are ever near me
Around me and within
But Jesus draw still nearer
And shield my soul from sin
O let me hear you speaking
In accents clear and still
Above the storms of passion
The murmurs of self will
O speak to reassure me
To hasten or control
and speak and make me listen
O guardian of my soul
O Jesus Thou hast promised
To all who follow you
That where you are in glory
your servants shall be too
O guide me call me draw me
uphold me to the end
when you in glory take me
my Savior and my Friend
