Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: By faith in Christ I walk with God
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Meter: LM
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Hymn Number: Hymn 88 (part II)
Page Number: 076 (part II), click to see hymnal pages
LyicsBY faith in Christ I walk with God,
With heav'n, my journey's end in view,
Supported by his staff and rod,
My road is safe, and pleasant too.
I travel through the desert wide,
Where many round me blindly stray;
But he vouchsafes to be my guide,
And keeps me in the narrow way.
Though snares and dangers throng my path,
And earth and hell my course withstand,
I triumph over all by faith,
Guarded by his Almighty hand.
The wilderness affords no food,
But God for my support prepares;
Provides me ev'ry needful good,
And frees my soul from wants and cares.
With him sweet converse I maintain,
Great as he is, I dare be free;
I tell him all my grief and pain,
And he reveals his love to me.
Some cordial from his word he brings,
Whene'er my feeble spirit faints;
At once my soul revives and sings,
And yields no more to sad complaints.
I pity all the worldling's talk
Of pleasures that will quickly end:
Be this my choice, O God, to walk
With thee, my guide, my guard, my friend.