I WALKED by sight along the sunlit way,
Through pleasant fields and where the flow’rs were fair.
By quiet streams, through restful vales it lay,
And loveliness and joy were everywhere.
I walked by sight, so confident my soul,
Nor dreamed that it would ever diff’rent be,
As I moved onward to the shining goal
That through the distance seemed so clear to me.
But lo, there came the hour when dusk increased,
And sunset slowly faded into night,
As hour by hour the strength of vision ceased,
And I no more could make my way by sight.
But when the day had failed to shadows dim,
Without a star to lend a flickering ray,
I took God’s hand and travelled on with Him,
And sudden glory flooded all my way.