The Christian — Faith, Hope, and Charity

By faith in Christ I walk with God

No. 665
Words John Newton.
Singing key B♭ major
3 stanzas

Sung to WARD (hymn 347)

Words

By faith in Christ I walk with God,With heaven, my journey's end, in view;Supported by his staff and rod,My road is safe and pleasant too.

Though snares and dangers throng my path,And earth and hell my course withstand,I triumph over all by faith,Guarded by his almighty hand.

With him sweet converse I maintain;Great as he is, I dare be free;I tell him all my grief and pain,And he reveals his love to me.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «665» (large) at the top of the right column of p. 216, with the italic reference line «212, 347, 316,» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 212, 347 or 316; the line ends with a comma, not a full stop) beside the number. Three stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without a full stop (written «1.»–«3.» here); the second and fourth lines of each stanza are indented in the print (kept here). The first word «BY» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «By» here). «John Newton.» in italics after stanza 3. Stanza 2 line 1 is set so tight that its words touch («Thoughsnaresanddangersthrongmypath,»): they are separate words. The print's thin space before «;» is closed up; apostrophes are written straight. No meter is printed (the text is L. M., like the tunes referred to). Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.