He Has Promised

Can we read our title clear
To a mansion in the sky?
Could we look without a fear,
If we knew our end was nigh?

Refrain

Hallelujah! bless the Lord!
We shall conquer thro’ His Word;
Those who trust Him to the end
He has promised to defend.

If the Christian race we run,
And the cross we meekly bear,
When at last our work is done
Crowns in glory we shall wear.

Refrain

O the visions of delight,
Breaking from the other shore!
O the morning calm and bright,
That shall dawn and fade no more!

Refrain

Author: Fanny Crosby

Year: 1885

The style, refrain, and themes are highly characteristic of Fanny Crosby (Frances Jane Crosby). The hymn appears in several late-19th-century collections under her name or the pseudonym 'Fanny J. Crosby'; some older books list it simply as 'by Fanny Crosby' without a precise 1885 date, but that is the most commonly cited year.