Verse 1
Come, let us obey,
For He calls us away,
Who in mercy attends
And delivers his own, wheresoever he sends:
We have nothing to fear
With Jesus so near,
Our invisible Guide,
We are guarded by Him, and in Him we abide.

Verse 2
By sea and by land,
Conceal’d in his hand
From all dangers and snares
He covers our head, and he numbers our hairs:
We may sing as we go
Thro’ the valley of woe,
For our lives are above,
And we rest in the arms of Omnipotent Love.

Verse 3
Till He knows it is best,
We are never distrest,
Till his pity ordain
We are never afflicted with sickness, or pain;
The terrible King
No alarum can bring,
His threats we defy,
Tho’ his quiver is full, not an arrow can fly.

Verse 4
We are safe in his hands
Who all nature commands,
And hath numbred our days,
And will order our lives, as is most for his praise;
Will or’erule and defend,
Till our pilgrimage end,
And in Christ we remove,
With a flaming Escort, to our Country above.