Scripture Verse

We walk by faith, not by sight. 2 Corinthians 5:7

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, 1885. Pub­lished in Ra­di­ant Songs, ed­it­ed by John R. Swe­ney, Will­iam Kirk­pat­rick & Hen­ry L. Gil­mour (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1891).

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

We walk by faith, and oh, how sweet
The flow’rs that grow be­neath our feet
And frag­rance breathe along the way
That leads the soul to end­less day.

Refrain

We walk by faith, but not alone,
Our shep­herd’s ten­der voice we hear
And feel His hand with­in our own,
And know that He is al­ways near.

We walk by faith; He wills it so
And marks the path that we should go.
And when, at times, our sky is dim,
He gent­ly draws us close to Him.

Refrain

We walk by faith di­vine­ly blest,
On Him we lean in Him we rest.
The more we trust our shep­herd’s care,
The more His love ’tis ours to share.

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And thus by faith till life shall end
We’ll walk with Him, our dear­est friend,
Till safe we tread the fields of light
Where faith is lost in per­fect sight.

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