Dear Jesus, Ever at My Side

Dear Jesus, ever at my side,

How loving Thou must be,

To leave Thy home in heaven to guard

A little child like me.

I cannot feel Thee touch my hand,

With pressure light and mild,

To check me as my mother did,

When I was but a child:

But I have felt Thee in my thoughts,

Rebuking sin for me;

And when my heart loves God, I know

The sweetness is from Thee.

And when, dear Saviour, I kneel down,

Morning and night to prayer,

Something there is within my heart

Which tells me Thou art there.

Yes, when I pray, Thou prayest too:

Thy prayer is all for me;

But when I sleep, Thou sleepest not,

But watchest patiently.

Amen.