"Thou Passest Through"

Thou Passest THROUGH

--Annie Johnson Flint

"When thou passest through the waters"-  

Deep the waves may be and cold,

But Jehovah is our refuge  

And His promise is our hold;

For the Lord Himself hath said it, 

He, the faithful God and true,-

When thou comest to the waters, 

Thou shalt not go down, but through.

Seas of sorrow, seas of trial, 

Bitterest anguish, fiercest pain,

Rolling surges of temptation 

Sweeping over heart and brain,-

They shall never overflow us 

For we know His word is true;

All His waves and all His billows, 

He will lead us safely through.

Threatening breakers of destruction, 

Doubts insidious undertow,

Shall not sink us, shall not drag us 

Out to ocean depths of woe,

For His promise shall sustain us, 

Praise the Lord, whose word is true!

We shall not go down, or under, 

For He saith, "Thou passest through."