Great Tabernacle Hymns ‎#6

6. My Guide and Keeper

1 When I grow weary, almost despair
Under the weight of the cross I must bear,
Sweetly He whispers, “Be thou not afraid!
I am thy God! trust, and be not dismayed!”

Chorus:
He keeps me ever,
Forsake me never;
Is always near me
To comfort and cheer me;
Thro’ light and darkness alike
He will guide,
In life, in death,
He will with me abide.

2 When sorely tempted, tired by defeat,
helpless I fall at His merciful feet;
His love unfailing, so tender and true,
Reaches, encircles and saves me anew. [Chorus]

3 He know my weakness, and by His grace,
Tempers the wind and the storms I must face;
Tho’ I not always may fathom His will,
Surely I know He is leading me still. [Chorus]

4 When thro’ the valley my way I take,
I know that morning eternal will break,
And that with lov’d ones there waiting for me,
In all its beauty His face I shall see. [Chorus]

Text Information

• First Line: When I grow weary, almost despair
• Title: My Guide and Keeper
• Author: Charlotte G. Homer
• Refrain First Line: He keeps me ever
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916

Tune Information

• Name: [When I grow weary, almost despair]
• Composer: B. D. Ackley