My Friend and Guide

Jesus, Redeemer, precious though unseen

Author: Thoro Harris
Tune: JUANITA (54332)
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Jesus, Redeemer,
“Precious” tho’ unseen, today,
How can I ever
Thy great love repay?
All my hope and comfort,
More than life to me thou art;
Show to me the secret
Of thy loving heart.

Refrain:
Jesus my Savior,
Let me linger by thy side;
Now and forever
Be my Friend and Guide!

2 Whene’er I wander,
When in paths of sin I stray,
O, by thy favor,
Call me home, I pray!
To thy peace a stranger,
Leave me not in doubt and fear;
In the hour of danger
Let me feel thee near. [Refrain]

3 Constant forever,
Thou my soul’s eternal Friend,
Jesus my Savior,
Faithful to life’s end!
Keep me true and steadfast,
Let me never faithless roam;
Point the way to glory
And my Father’s home. [Refrain]

4 So when from heaven.
Thou, my Judge, shalt come again,
To me be given
With thy saints to reign.
Let me then in glory
Gaze on thy divinest face,
And proclaim the story
Of redeeming grace. [Refrain]


Source: Light and Life Songs No. 3 #16

Author: Thoro Harris

Born: March 31, 1874, Washington, DC. Died: March 27, 1955, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Buried: International Order of Odd Fellows Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Arkansas. After attending college in Battle Creek, Michigan, Harris produced his first hymnal in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1902. He then moved to Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of Peter Bilhorn, and in 1932, to Eureka Springs, Arkansas. He composed and compiled a number of works, and was well known locally as he walked around with a canvas bag full of handbooks for sale. His works include: Light and Life Songs, with William Olmstead & William Kirkpatrick (Chicago, Illinois: S. K. J. Chesbro, 1904) Little Branches, with George J. Meyer & Howard E. Smith (Chicago, Illi… Go to person page >

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First Line: Jesus, Redeemer, precious though unseen
Title: My Friend and Guide
Author: Thoro Harris
Refrain First Line: Jesus my Savior, let me linger by thy side
Copyright: Public Domain

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Light and Life Songs No. 3 #16

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