By Faith in Christ I Walk with God

 
 

Words: John Newton, 1779 (Public Domain); Music: Daryle Worley, III, 2022
First shared August 10, 2025


Lead Sheet

By faith in Christ I walk with God
With heav’n, my jour­ney’s end, in view
Supported by His staff and rod
My road is safe, and plea­sant too

By faith in Christ I walk with God
With heav’n, my jour­ney’s end, in view
Supported by His staff and rod
My road is safe, and plea­sant too

I tra­vel through a de­sert wide
Where ma­ny round me blind­ly stray
But He vouch­safes to be my guide
And will not let me miss my way

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
The wil­der­ness af­fords no food
But God for my sup­port pre­pares
Provides me ev­ery need­ful good
And frees my soul from wants and cares

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

Some cor­di­al from His Word He brings
Whene’er my fee­ble spir­it faints
At once my soul re­vives and sings
And yields no more to sad com­plaints

I pi­ty all that world­lings talk
Of plea­sures that will quick­ly end
Be this my choice, O Lord, to walk
With Thee, my Guide, my Guard, my Friend