The Pierced hands shall hold.

The pierced hand shall hold me through life,

Through earthly trials, sorrow, and strife;

Though dark the path, though wild the sea,

The pierced hand shall ever guide me.

The pierced hand shall hold me through death,

When fades the light and fails my breath;

Those wounded feet shall lead me on,

Till death is past and heaven begun.

The pierced hand shall hold me forever,

Through endless ages, parting never;

His pierced side my refuge shall be,

And His wounded hands shall hold me eternally.