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==General information==
==General information==
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This is an hymn by [[Isaac Watts]], his Hymn 129 of Book 2, published 1709.


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'Tis by the faith of joys to come
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We walk through deserts dark as night;
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Till we arrive at heaven our home,
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Faith is our guide, and faith our light.
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The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.


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Cheerful we tread the desert through,
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While faith inspires a heavenly ray;
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So Abram, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.}}''We walk by faith, not by sight'' by Isaac Watts


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Revision as of 03:12, 26 June 2015

General information

This is an hymn by Isaac Watts, his Hymn 129 of Book 2, published 1709.

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Text and translations

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'Tis by the faith of joys to come
We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heaven our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heavenly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

So Abram, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

We walk by faith, not by sight by Isaac Watts

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