By faith in CHRIST I walk with God

The words

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   Stanza 1. By faith in CHRIST I walk with God,With heav’n, my journeys’–end, in view;Supported by his staff and rod,My road is safe and pleasant too,

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   Stanza 2. I travel through a desert wideWhere many round me blindly stray;But He vouchsafes to be my guide,And will not let me miss my way.

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   Stanza 3. 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.

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   Stanza 4. The wilderness affords no food,But God for my support prepares;Provides me every needful good,And frees my soul from wants and cares.

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   Stanza 5. 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.

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   Stanza 6. 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.

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   Stanza 7. I pity all that worldlings talkOf pleasures that will quickly end;Be this my choice, O Lord, to walkWith thee, my Guide, my Guard, my Friend.

Olney Hymns (1779), Book 1, Hymn 4. John Newton. Public domain. CCEL transcription with modernized spelling. www.praylock.com/olney-hymns/1-4