WHAT WILL YOU DO WITHOUT HIM? by Frances Ridley Havergal

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Oct 23, 1901

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 27, No. 43.

WHAT WILL YOU DO WITHOUT HIM?

By Frances Ridley Havergal

I could not do without Him! Jesus is more to me, Than all the richest, fairest gifts Of earth could ever be; But the more I find Him precious And the more I find Him true, The more I long for you to find What He can be to you.

You need not do without Him, For He is passing by. He is waiting to be gracious Only waiting for your cry; He is waiting to receive you— To make you all His own! Why will you do without Him And wander on alone?

Why will you do without Him? Is He not kind indeed? Did He not die to save you? Is He not all you need? Do you not want a Saviour? Do you not want a Friend, One who will love you faithfully, And love you to the end?

What will you do without Him In the long and dreary day Of trouble and perplexity, When you do not know the way, And no one else can help you, And no one guide you right, And hope comes not with morning And rest comes not with night?

Why will you do without Him? He calls and calls again; “Come unto Me! Come unto Me!” O, shall He call in vain? He wants to have you with Him; Do you not want Him, too? You can not do without Him, And He wants—even you. —Frances Ridley Havergal.