WALKING WITH GOD

To walk with God, O fellowship Divine!
Man’s highest state on earth - Lord, let it be mine!
With Thee, may I, a close communion hold;
To Thee, the deep recesses of my heart unfold:

Yet, tell Thee all - each weary care and grief
Into Thy bosom pour - till there I find relief.
O let me walk with Thee, Thou Mighty One;
Lean on Thine arm, and trust Thy love alone;

With Thee hold converse sweet where’er I go;
Thy smile of love my highest bliss below!
With Thee transact life’s business - doing all
With single aim for Thee - as Thou dost call:

My every comfort at Thy hand receive,
My every talent to Thy glory give;
Thy counsel seek in every trying hour,
In all my weakness try Thy mighty power.

Oh, may this high companionship be mine,
And all my life by its reflection shine,
My great, my wise, my never-failing Friend,
Whose love no change can know, nor turn, nor end!

My Saviour-God! Who gavest Thy life for me,
Let nothing come between my heart and Thee!
From Thee no thought, no secret, would I keep,
But on Thy breast my tears of anguish weep.

My every wound to Thee I take to heal,
For Thou are touched with every pang I feel.
O Friend of friends - the faithful, true and tried -
In Thee, and Thee alone, I now confide.

- Anonymous -