Be Thou Our Helper

May 5, 2015

Be Thou Our Helper 

“Be Thou our Helper, LORD.”

So oft’ my granddad prayed.

It was his prayer ‘most daily:

The LORD in his mind stayed.

My Granddad knew his failings;

His weakness he could see.

That God alone was strong enough

His life and prayers taught me.

His days on earth were numbered;

God gave him ninety-one.

Each moment was a priv’lege

To serve this man of God.

(Of course I didn’t see it

Always in such a light,

But as the days were passing,

The LORD was giving sight.)

And now his time for leaving,

“Promotion Day,” has come,

And we, with hope-filled teardrops,

Know he’s arrived at home.

And we, the ones who stay here,

Turn hearts again to Thee:

“Thou art All-Knowing, Father;

Be Helper now to me.

Be Helper to each member

That we would run the race

And be Thy faithful servants

Until we see Thy Face.”