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Text:'Tis by the Faith of Joys to Come
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:DUKE STREET
Composer (attributed to):John Hatton
Media:MIDI file

6744. 'Tis by the Faith of Joys to Come

1. ’Tis by the faith of joys to come
We walk through deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at Heav’n our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

2. The want of sight she well supplies,
She makes the pearly gates appear;
Far into distant worlds she pries,
And brings eternal glories near.

3. Cheerful we tread the desert through,
While faith inspires a heav’nly ray;
Though lions roar, and tempests blow,
And rocks and dangers fill the way.

4. So Abra’m, by divine command,
Left his own house to walk with God;
His faith beheld the promised land,
And fired his zeal along the road.

Text Information
First Line: 'Tis by the faith of joys to come
Title: 'Tis by the Faith of Joys to Come
Author: Isaac Watts (1707-9)
Meter: LM
Language: English
Source: Hymns and Spiritual Songs, 1707-9, Book II, number 129
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: DUKE STREET
Composer (attributed to): John Hatton (1793)
Meter: LM
Incipit: 13467 17655 55654
Key: D Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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