The Cyber Hymnal ‎#5621

5621. Precious Promise

1. Precious promise God has given
To the weary passerby,
On the way from earth to Heaven,
I will guide thee with Mine eye.

Refrain
I will guide thee, I will guide thee,
I will guide thee with Mine eye
On the way from earth to Heaven,
I will guide thee with Mine eye.

2. When temptations almost win thee
And thy trusted watchers fly,
Let this promise ring within thee,
I will guide thee with Mine eye. [Refrain]

3. When thy secret hopes have perished
In the grave of years gone by,
Let this promise still be cherished,
I will guide thee with Mine eye. [Refrain]

4. When the shades of life are falling
And the hour has come to die,
Hear thy trusty pilot calling,
I will guide thee with Mine eye. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Precious promise God has given
• Title: Precious Promise
• Author: Nathaniel Niles (1873)
• Refrain First Line: I will guide thee, I will guide thee
• Language: English
• Source: Sunshine for Sunday Schools, 1873
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: This well-known hymn was writ­ten by Mr. Na­than­i­el Niles, a re­si­dent of Mor­ris­town, N. J., and at that time a law­yer in New York Ci­ty…The vers­es were com­posed on the mar­gin of a news­pa­per in the rail­way car one morn­ing while on his way to bus­i­ness. The tune was writ­ten by P. P. Bliss, and pub­lished in his Gos­pel Songs in 1874, and lat­er fur­nished by him for Gos­pel Hymns. I soon af­ter­ward pub­lished it in Sac­red Songs and So­los, in Eng­land, where it be­came one of the most use­ful hymns in con­nect­ion with our meet­ings. Mr. Moo­dy oft­en re­quest­ed it to be sung in con­nect­ion with his lec­tures on "The Pre­cious Prom­is­es." Sankey, p. 335

Tune Information

• Name: [Precious promise God has given]
• Composer: Philip Paul Bliss
• Incipit: 56711 12366 67122
• Key: G Major
• Copyright: Public Domain