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If the Savior stood beside me , Would I do the things I do? Would I think of His commandments and try harder to be true? Would I follow His example? Would I live more righteously if I could see the Savior standing nigh , watching over me? 2. If the Savior stood beside me , Would I say the things I say? Would my words be true and kind if He were never far away? Would I try to share the gospel? Would I speak more rev’rently if I could see the Savior standing nigh , watching over me? 3. If the Savior stood beside me , Would my thoughts be clean and pure? Would His presence give me strength and hope and courage to endure? Would His counsel guide my actions? Would I choose more worthily if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me? 4. Watching over me , watching over me , He is always near me , though I do not see Him there , And because He loves me dearly , I am in His watchful care , So I’ll be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me. I will be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be if I could see the Savior standing nigh watching over me. Text: Sally DeFord Music: Sally DeFordArtist: DeFordAlbum: Music Published in the Church Magazines: New EraComposition Date: 2012-08-07More Info: New Era Integrity , commitment , obedience This song now has so many different versions available that this page reads like a novel , so I’ve divided it into sections: General Information; Message to Primary Children; and Versions. If you don’t want to read through all this , just skip to the section you’re looking for , or go straight to the download/lyrics area. “If the Savior Stood Beside Me” is a song I wrote for my daughter Holly when she turned eight years old. Holly was such a good example! She was always so kind and loved others so much , it seemed as though she knew Jesus was always close beside her , taking care of her and loving her. Holly is now all grown up , and has a family of her own. This is what she says about her song: On my eighth birthday , I was baptized. At my baptism , my mom sang the song “If the Savior Stood Beside Me ,” which she wrote specially for me. I remember her saying “I wrote this song for Holly , not because it’s a lesson I wanted to teach her , but because she has always acted as if the Savior really was there beside her.” That meant a lot to me , and I was so proud of myself and my beautiful song! It has been more than 20 years since that day , and though there have been times that I have not acted as I would if I could see the Savior next to me , I know that even when we make mistakes and choose to do the wrong thing , Jesus stays near us and watches over us anyway , waiting for us to reach out and hold His hand again. Because He loves us so dearly , we are always in His watchful care , even when we don’t know it , and someday we will all look back and realize how close He was , just when we needed Him. I am trying every day to “be the kind of person that I know I’d like to be if I could see the Savior standing nigh , watching over me.” My young friends , if you will live every day of your life as though you could see the Savior standing right beside you , you will be happy , and you will be ready to live with Him again some day. He loves you and will always–always!–watch over you. The original version is the one written for my daughter.  \nIt appeared in the Friend magazine in October of 1993 , but contained one very unfortunate typo (or grammar-o , as the case may be) in the second verse. “Would my words be true and kind if He were never far away?” is correct–the “was” that made its way into the original score was just carelessness and sloppy proofreading on my part , and it continues to haunt me as the Friend version continues to be used. 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