Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side

Dear Je­sus! ev­er at my side

How lov­ing Thou must be

To leave Thy home in Heav’n to guard

A lit­tle child like me.

Thy beau­ti­ful and shin­ing face

I see not

though so near;

The sweet­ness of Thy soft low voice

I am too deaf to hear.

I can­not feel Thee touch my hand

With pres­sure light and mild

To check me

as my mo­ther did

When I was but a child.

But I have felt Thee in my thoughts

Rebuking sin for me;

And when my heart loves God

I know

The sweet­ness is from Thee.

And when

dear Sav­ior

I kneel down

Morning and night in pray­er

Something there is with­in my heart

Which tells me Thou art there.

Yes

when I pray

Thou pray­est too—

Thy pray­er is all for me;

But when I sleep

Thou sleep­est not

But watch­est pa­tient­ly