" WE WALK BY FAITH, NOT BY SIGHT."
2 COR., 5:7.
" Not by sight" can we guide our feet,
Safe through the perils we this day meet:
Easy and smooth as the path may seem,
Dangers lurk where we least should dream;
'The net is not spread in sight of the bird,
'Mid Eden's flowers was the tempter heard,
And great is the need when life looks fair,
That we closely cling to our Father's dare.
O keep us Lord when the world seems bright,
Walking by faith and not by sight.
" Not by sight" when a few steps on,
All the brightness of life seems gone:
Our earthly sunshine is clouded o'er,
We see the joy of our hearts no more.
Shall we sit desolate? Nay, but rise
By faith to the good that beyond this lies:
God is preparing in cloud and gloom,
Showers of blessing whence grace shall bloom."
So keep us, Lord, through Thy Spirit's might,
Walking by faith and not by sight. .
" Not by sight!" It is best to lean
On the hand that's guiding us though unseen;
Yes, best in suspense to linger, till
God's time is come to reveal His will.
Best in perplexities far, to wait,
Till He the "crooked things shall make straight,"
Best, for the honor of His great name,
Best, for the blessing we then may claim,
So keep us, Lord, through Thy Spirit's might,
Walking by faith and not by sight.
O foolish those who would walk by sight!
What will ye do in death's dark night?
It is faith alone can triumph then,
Faith in the Savior of sinful men.
Thousands have told with their last faint breath,
How He they trusted was near in death,
He has brought them safe where they see at last,
The meaning of all the mysterious past.
O keep us, Lord, till we meet in Light,
Walking by faith and not by sight.