The Christian — Guidance and Protection

I will never, never leave thee

No. 772
Metre 8s & 7s. 6l.
Tune PROMISE.
Words Anon.
Music Unknown.
Key E-flat major
Singing key E♭ major
Time 4/4
4 stanzas

Words

I will never, never leave thee,I will never thee forsake;I will guide, and save, and keep thee,For my name and mercy's sake:Fear no evil, Fear no evil,Only all my counsel take.

When the storm is raging round thee,Call on me in humble prayer;I will fold my arms around thee,Guard thee with the tenderest care:In the trial,I will make thy pathway clear.

When the sky above is glowing,And around thee all is bright,Pleasure like a river flowing,All things tending to delight;I'll be with thee,I will guide thy steps aright.

When thy soul is dark and clouded,Filled with doubt, and grief, and care,Through the mists by which 'tis shrouded,I will make the light appear,And the bannerOf my love I will uprear.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHRISTIAN—GUIDANCE AND PROTECTION.»; hymn number «772» (large), tune name «PROMISE. 8s & 7s. 6L.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals; the «s» after 8 and 7 and the «L» after 6 are small capitals), «UNKNOWN.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear: its first four lines stand under system 1 as two lines in braces after «1.» («{ I will nev-er, nev - er leave thee, I will nev - er thee for-sake; / I will guide, and save, and keep thee, For my name and mer - cy's sake: }»), sung on the first and the second time through system 1, which ends with a repeat sign; lines 5–6 stand under system 2 («Fear no e - vil, Fear no e - vil, On - ly all my coun - sel take.»). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «860, 857.» in italics (= the words may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 860 or 857); «Anon.» in italics after stanza 4. In the text stanzas lines 2, 4 and 6 are indented and line 5 («In the trial,», «I'll be with thee,», «And the banner») more; stanza 1 is set here in the same pattern, its fifth line («Fear no evil, Fear no evil,») as printed under the staves. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «:» («for-sake ;», «sake :», «prayer ;», «care :», «delight ;»); it is closed up here. The printer's curly apostrophes are written straight («mercy's», «I'll», «'tis»). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.