Scripture Verse

Father, I will that they…whom Thou hast given Me, be with Me where I am. John 17:24

Introduction

Words: Char­lotte El­li­ott, in Spir­it­ual Songs for a Month, first Am­eri­can edi­tion from sixth Eng­lish edi­tion (New York: An­son D. F. Ran­dolph, cir­ca 1858), num­ber 34.

Music: Hes­per­us Hen­ry Bak­er, 1854. First pub­lished in A Hym­nal for Use in the Eng­lish Church, by John Grey, 1866 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Bak­er (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Charlotte Elliott (1789–1871)

Lyrics

Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
My Sav­ior, my eter­nal rest;
Then on­ly will this long­ing heart
Be fully and for ev­er blest.

Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Thy un­veiled glo­ry to be­hold
Then on­ly will this wan­d’ring heart
Cease to be false to Thee, and cold.

Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Where spot­less saints Thy name ad­ore;
Then on­ly will this sin­ful heart
Be ev­il and de­filed no more.

Let me be with Thee where Thou art,
Where none can die, where none re­move.
There nei­ther death nor life will part
Me from Thy pre­sence and Thy love.