Will You Fear the Crossing? | A Song of Hope and Heaven

I Will Not Fear the Crossing is an original 1940s gospel-inspired song about Heaven, eternal life, and facing the final crossing without fear because Jesus is still by our side. Inspired by old-time gospel, Southern Gospel quartet harmony, and the sound of vintage Christian radio, this song carries a promise believers have held onto for generations: The river may be ahead. The final mile may come. But we will not cross alone. “I will not fear the crossing I will not fear the tide I will not fear the crossing My Lord is at my side.” ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT THIS SONG For generations, old Gospel songs have used the image of a river to speak about the final journey from this life into eternity. For some, that river can seem frightening. We know it is there. We know that one day every earthly journey reaches its final shore. But the Christian hope changes how we look at the crossing. The same Savior who walked beside us through every valley will not leave us when we reach the river. Every mile was mercy. Every valley had His presence. Every difficult road carried His promise. And when the final call comes, He will still be there. That is the heart of I Will Not Fear the Crossing. Not confidence in ourselves. Confidence in Jesus. Death has lost its thunder. The grave has lost its claim. And beyond the river, morning is coming. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ CHAPTERS 0:00 I Will Not Fear the Crossing 0:14 Verse 1 – The River Lies Before Me 0:48 Chorus – My Lord Is at My Side 1:18 Verse 2 – Every Mile Was Mercy 1:52 Chorus – I Will Not Fear the Tide 2:18 Harmony Break – With My Lord So Near 2:35 Bridge – Death Has Lost Its Thunder 2:52 Final Chorus – My Lord Is at My Side ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ LYRICS [Verse 1] The river lies before me The banks are drawing near I’ve heard the stories of that water And I will not stand in fear The One who walked beside me Will not leave me at the tide I will not fear the crossing With my Savior at my side [Chorus] I will not fear the crossing I will not fear the tide I will not fear the crossing My Lord is at my side [Verse 2] This world has been a journey Full of valleys and of hills But every mile was mercy And His promise holds me still When the final call is spoken And the morning starts to rise I will not fear the crossing I will see Him with my eyes [Chorus] I will not fear the crossing I will not fear the tide I will not fear the crossing My Lord is at my side [Harmony Break] Ooh, I will not fear Ooh, I will not fear The crossing With my Lord so near [Bridge] Death has lost its thunder The grave has lost its claim The One who went before me Is calling me by name [Final Chorus] I will not fear the crossing I will not fear the tide I will not fear the crossing My Lord is at my side [Outro — Close Harmony] I will not fear the crossing… My Lord is at my side ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ DO YOU FEAR THE FINAL CROSSING? Many of the old Gospel songs spoke openly about Heaven, the river, the final mile, and going Home. Not because those generations never felt fear. But because they believed Jesus would be waiting on the other side. Maybe you’ve walked with Him for 30, 40, 50 years or more. You’ve seen valleys. You’ve climbed hills. You’ve buried people you loved. And through every mile, He remained. So when the river finally comes into view, the promise remains the same: You will not cross alone. If that is your faith today, write “My Lord is at my side” in the comments. And tell us what city and state — or country — you’re listening from. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ ABOUT AMERICAN GOSPEL RADIO American Gospel Radio brings you original Gospel songs inspired by the sound, faith, and atmosphere of American Gospel radio from generations past. Old-time Gospel harmonies. Vintage Christian radio. Timeless songs about Jesus, Heaven, faith, grace, and the journey Home. New songs. Old faith. American Gospel Radio From Abilene, Texas… Bringing Home a Little Closer. #OldTimeGospel #1940sGospel #AmericanGospelRadio