Our Promised Help

Shall we walk along life’s jour­ney

Thro’ the sha­dows of the night

On an arm of flesh re­ly­ing

Trusting on­ly hu­man might?

No

the pro­mised help of Je­sus

Shall sus­tain us day by day;

In the bat­tle’s wild com­mo­tion

Thro’ the fierce­ness of the fray.

Shall we see the loved and cher­ished

Passing from us by the way?

And the ach­ing hearts so wea­ry

Find no so­lace day by day?

Yet

the pro­mised help of Je­sus

Shall sus­tain us ev­en then;

Thro’ His grace

which crowned them vic­tors

We shall meet them all again.

Shall we walk ’mid ga­ther­ing sha­dows

When life’s ev­en­ing draw­eth near?

Shall the dark­ness be un­brok­en

Will no light for us ap­pear?

Then the pro­mised help of Je­sus

As a light shall guide us o’er

To the pure ce­les­ti­al ci­ty

Over on the oth­er shore.