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HYMNS.
421.
Walking by Faith.
1 ,rT'IS by the faith of joys to come
We walk thro’deserts dark as night, jf
Till we arrive at heav’n our home, I
When faith shall be exchang’d for sight.
2 The want of sight faith now supplies, j
She makes the pearly gates appear ;
Far into distant worlds she p'ries, 1
And brings eternal glories near.
3 Cheerful we tread the desert through.
While faith inspires a heav’nly ray.
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way. ]
4 So Abram by divine command.
Left his own house to walk with God:’
His faith beheld the promis’d land,
And fir’d his zeal along the road.
422.
The same.
1 T3Y the poor widow’s oil and meal
Elijah was sustain’d;
Tho’ small the stock, it lasted well, •
For God the store maintain’d.
2 It seem’d as if from day to day.
They were to eat and die;
But still, though in a secret way.
He sent a fresh supply.
3 Thus to his poor he still will give
Just for the present hour;
But for to-morrow they must live
Upon his word and pow’r.
4 No barn or store-house they possess
On which they can depend;