O Jesus Christ, the Savior

1 O Jesus Christ, the Saviour,
We only look to The;
'Tis in Thy love nd favor
Our souls find liberty.
When Satan seeks to sift us,
And shipwreck we might fear,--
'Tis this o'er all will lift us,
That Thou art ever near.

2 Yes, though the tempest round us
Seems safety to defy:
Though rocks and shoals surround us,
And billows swell on high,--
Thou dost from all protect us,
And cheer us by Thy love;
Thy counsels still direct us
Safe to the rest above.

3 Thee with what joy reviewing
Past conflicts, dangers, fears,--
Thy hand our foes subduing,
And drying all our tears,--
Our hearts with rapture burning,
The path we shall retrace,
Where now our souls are learning
The riches of Thy grace.

Source: A Few Hymns and Some Spiritual Songs. Selected 1856, for the Little Flock. Revised, 1881 #211