Scripture Verse

Jesus Himself came up and walked along with them. Luke 24:15

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Roy­al Di­adem, by Ro­bert Low­ry & How­ard Doane (New York & Chicago, Il­li­nois: Biglow & Main, 1873), num­ber 8. Some hym­nals show the ly­ri­cist as El­la Dare, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: W. How­ard Doane (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Robert Lowry (1826–1899)

Lyrics

In the jour­ney of life,
When trou­bled thoughts arise,
Like the bil­lows up­on the sea,
Let us look un­to Him whose
Tender, lov­ing arm
Our pre­sent help will be.

Refrain

He will meet us by the way,
Yes, He’ll meet us by the way,
And our hearts with burn with love,
When we think of the joy, the
Never end­ing rest,
For us pre­pared above.

He will cheer as He cheered
His faith­ful ones of old,
When they mourned for their ab­sent Lord,
And com­mune with His children
Walking in the path
He taught them in His word.

Refrain

O the peace that will come
Like ear­ly morn­ing dew,
When in sec­ret we kneel in pray­er,
And the door of the soul to
All the world is closed,
With on­ly Jesus there!

Refrain