The Christian — Guidance and Protection

Saviour! I follow on

No. 766
Metre 6s & 4s.
Tune ROBINSON.
Words Charles S. Robinson.
Music F. E. Belden.
Key G major
Singing key F major
Time 6/4
4 stanzas

Words

Saviour! I follow on,Guided by thee,Seeing not yet the handThat leadeth me;Hushed be my heart and still,Fear I no further ill;Only to meet thy willMy will shall be.

Riven the rock for meThirst to relieve,Manna from heaven fallsFresh every eve;Never a want severeCauseth my eye a tear,But thou dost whisper near,"Only believe!"

Often to Marah's brinkHave I been brought;Shrinking the cup to drink,Help I have sought;And with the prayer's ascent,Jesus the branch hath rent—Quickly relief hath sent,Sweetening the draught.

Saviour! I long to walkCloser with thee;Led by thy guiding hand,Ever to be;Constantly near thy side,Quickened and purified,Living for him who diedFreely for me.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»; hymn number «766» (large, left), tune name «ROBINSON. 6s & 4s.» centred over the music, «F. E. BELDEN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); in the left margin, printed vertically, «by F. E. Belden.» beside system 1 and «Copyrighted 1886» beside system 2 (= «Copyrighted 1886 by F. E. Belden.»). Stanza 1 is set between the staves in a condensed roman, one text line per system, with «1.» before «Saviour!»; the words are printed whole and crowded (only «On-ly» carries a syllable hyphen, joined here), and «still,Fear» has no space after the comma (written with a space here). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text below the music under the italic reference line «655, 485.» (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 655 or 485): stanza 2 and the first four lines of stanza 3 in the left column, the rest in the right column. The stanza numbers of the text stanzas are printed without a full stop («2 Riven»); they are numbered «2.» here like stanza 1. Lines 2, 4 and 8 of each stanza (the 4-syllable lines) are indented in the print, as reproduced below (stanza 1 follows the same pattern). «Charles S. Robinson.» in italics after stanza 4. The printer's thin space before «!» and «;» («Saviour !», «eve ;», «believe !», «brought ;») is closed up here; the curly quotes of «"Only believe!"» are written straight. «Saviour», the dash of «rent—» and «Sweetening» are the print's.