We Walk By Faith, And Not By Sight Poem by John Bowring

We walk by faith, and not by sight;
And if we ever go astray,
Do Thou, O Lord! conduct us right,
And lead us in our onward way.


Onward from earth to heaven we go;
And, gently guided, Lord! by Thee,
The path which is begun below
Conducts to immortality.


And though it wear a transient gloom,
Though darkness on our steps attend-
E'en though it lead us through the tomb,
Its course is bliss, and heaven its end.