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Believers Hymn Book · No. 194 · Words: Charlotte Elliott · Tune: Palestrina
O Holy Saviour! Friend unseen!
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →Written by Charlotte Elliott in 1834, this hymn expresses the believer's complete dependence on Christ as an unseen but ever-present friend and support through life's trials. It is a meditation on faith-clinging to Jesus amid weariness, displacement, and the surrender of earthly hopes.
Verse 1
O Holy Saviour! Friend unseen!
Since on Thine arm Thou bidst us lean,
Help us throughout life's changing scene
By faith to cling to Thee.
Verse 2
Far from our home, fatigued, opprest,
In Thee we've found our place of rest;
As strangers still, yet not unblest,
While we can cling to Thee.
Verse 3
Without a murmur we dismiss
Our former dreams of earthly bliss,
Our joy, our consolation this,
Each hour to cling to Thee.
Verse 4
Though faith and hope may oft be tried,
We ask not, need not aught beside;
So safe, so calm, so satisfied,
The souls that cling to Thee.
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