Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: By faith in Christ I walk with God
Topic: The New Life/Temptations and Conflicts
Writer: <no first name given> Newton
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 855
Page Number: 503, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBy faith in Christ I walk with God,
With heaven, my journey's end, in view;
Supported by his staff and rod,
My road is safe and pleasant too.
I travel through a desert wide,
Where many round me blindly stray,
But he vouchsafes to be my Guide,
And keeps me in the narrow way.
The wilderness affords no food,
But God for my support prepares,
Provides me every needful good,
And frees my soul from wants and cares.
With him sweet converse I maintain;
Great as his is, I dare be free;
I tell him all my grief and pain,
And he reveals his love to me.
I pity all that worldlings talk
Of pleasures that will quickly end;
Be this my choice, O Lord! to walk
With thee, my Guide, my Guard, my Friend.