If ere the time may come

If ere the time may come
Still true shall I remain
To that one thou knowst
By name

If in thy grace and will
That hope may still
Remain so with joy
Shall I that grace
Employ

Yet save to the last
My soul shall stay
Faithful and true
Thy words alone
Shall I claim my own

So to this day
Though oft my thoughts
May drift to that one
More than all such longings
Be for thy one and only

Who made the stars to shine
Upon this darkened heart
And gave His life
That I thy joy may yet
Impart

For if in union
Or in this life alone
Thy grace tis still
My hope and fill

For all in life remain
Nothing more have I
To gain but thy glory
And sweet salvation sustain

-Joshua Lee Foist