Sacred Hymns (Manchester Hymnal) (1840, 1912), no. 48
O Lord, responsive to Thy call

1. O Lord, responsive to Thy call, In life or death, whate’er befall. Our hopes for bliss on Thee depend, Thou art our everlasting Friend.

2. Though life be short and trials seem To darken its protracted gleam, Though friends forsake and foes contend, Thou art our everlasting Friend.

3. Death may distract our present joy, And all our brightest hopes destroy, Yet these will in the future tend To prove Thee still our faithful Friend.

4. O let Thy Spirit with us dwell, That we in future worlds may tell How we o’ercame, and, in the end, Made Thee our everlasting Friend.