And summon them forth to the calls of the day,
I will think of that God who will never forsake them,
The Friend ever near though all else be away.
4 Then why should one thought of anxiety seize us,
Though distance divide us from those whom we love?
They rest in the covenant mercy of Jesus,
Their prayers meet with ours in the mansions above.
5 O! sweet bond of friendship, whate’er may betide us,
Though on life’s stormy billows our barks may be driven,
Though distance, or trial, or death may divide us,