The Works of the Reverend and Learned Isaac Watts, D. D. Containing, besides his Sermons, and Essays on miscellaneous subjects, several additional pieces, Selected from his Manuscripts by the Rev. Dr. Jennings, and the Rev. Dr. Doddridge, in 1753: to which are prefixed, memoirs of the life of the author, compiled by the Rev. George Burder. In six volumes |
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HYMN 129. (L. M.) We walk by Faith, not by Sight.
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'Tis by the faith of joys to comeWe walk thro' deserts dark as night:
Till we arrive at heaven our home,
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 thro',While faith inspires a heavenly ray,
Tho' lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.
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So Abrah'm by divine commandLeft his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promis'd land,
And fir'd his zeal along the road.
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