Hymn
A Present Savior
We may not climb the heav'nly steeps
To bring the Lord Christ down;
In vain we search the lowest deeps,
For Him no depths can drown.
But warm, sweet, tender, even yet
A present help is He;
And faith has still its Olivet,
And love its Galilee.
The healing of the seamless dress
Is by our beds of pain;
We touch Him in life’s throng and press,
And we are whole again.
O Lord and Master of us all,
Whate’er our name or sign,
We own Thy sway, we hear Thy call,
We test our lives by Thine!
A Present Savior — Text from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), 1928. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/a-present-savior
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote A Present Savior?
The words of A Present Savior were written by John Greenleaf Whittier; the version here was published in 1928. The library holds 4 more hymns by John Greenleaf Whittier, including All Things Are Thine and Dear Lord and Father of Mankind.
Is A Present Savior public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymnal for Church and Home (2nd ed.), published in 1928. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the metre of A Present Savior?
A Present Savior is in Common Metre (8.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, God's Servants Safe By Sea or Land, Profession of Sincerity, Repentance, and Obedience and When any turn from Zion's way.