Rocks with Tho’ faint, yet pursuing, we go on our way and ‘Tis by the faith of joys to come

Tho’ faint, yet pursuing, we go on our way;
The Lord is our Leader, his word is our stay;
Tho’ suff’ring, and sorrow, and trial be near,
The Lord is our Refuge, and whom can we fear?
The Lord is our Refuge, and whom can we fear?

He raiseth the fallen, he cheereth the faint;
The weak and oppress’d, he will hear their complaint;
The way may be weary, and thorny the road,
But how can we falter? our help is in God!
But how can we falter? our help is in God!

And to his green pastures our footsteps he leads:
His flock in the desert how kindly he feeds!
The lambs in his bosom he tenderly bears,
And brings back the wand’rers all safe from the snares,
And brings back the wand’rers all safe from the snares.

Tho’ clouds may surround us, our God is our light;
Tho’ storms rage around us, our God is our might;
So, faint yet pursuing, still onward we come;
The Lord is our Leader, and heaven our home!
The Lord is our Leader, and heaven our home!
                        John N. Darby  ‘Tis by the faith of joys to come,
  We walk thro’ deserts dark as night;
Till we arrive at heav’n our home,
  Faith is our guide, and faith our light.

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

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

Rev. Isaac Watts