Darkness may o’er­take me
And my song for­sake me,
But alone I ne­ver shall be;
For the Friend be­side me
Promised He would guide me,
And will keep His pro­mise to me.

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He will keep his pro­mise to me,
All the way with me He will go;
He has ne­ver brok­en
Any pro­mise spok­en;
He will keep His pro­mise, I know.

Should mis­for­tune meet me,
Friends may fail to greet me,
But if true to Je­sus I stay
He will still up­hold me,
Let His love en­fold me
Every drea­ry mile of the way.

Refrain

How the thought en­thralls me,
That what­e’er be­falls me
One will al­ways love me the same;
Not a trial ev­er
Causes Him to sev­er
From the ones who hon­or His name.

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