Hymns

This World Is A Wilderness Wide

For to this have ye been called; for Christ also has suffered for you, leaving you a model that ye should follow in his steps: 1 Peter 2:21

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye. Deuteronomy 32:10

  1. John 6:49, Deuteronomy 32:10This world is a wilderness wide;

    Matthew 6:19,20, John 17:16We have nothing to seek nor to choose;

    Deuteronomy 32:10, Galatians 1:4We've no thought in the waste to abide;

    Isaiah 24:1, Isaiah 41:10We have nought to regret nor to lose.

  2. 1 Peter 2:21, Hebrews 6:20For the Lord has Himself gone before;

    1 Peter 2:21, John 21:22He has marked our the path that we tread;

    Revelation 1:7, Ephesians 3:19It's as sure as the love we adore;

    Luke 12:32, John 14:27We have nothing to fear nor to dread.

  3. 1 Peter 2:21, John 14:28For the path where our Saviour has gone

    John 20:17, Ephesians 4:8Has led up to His Father and God,

    Hebrews 12:2, 1 Peter 3:22To the place where He's now on the throne;

    Ephesians 6:10, 1 Peter 5:10And His strength shall be ours on the road.

  4. John 14:1-3, Hebrews 4:9And with Him shall our rest be on high,

    Ephesians 2:6, Revelation 4:4When in holiness bright we sit down,

    John 17:24, John 11:5In the joy of His love ever nigh,

    John 14:27, Jude 1:24In the peace that His presence shall crown.

  5. John 15:10, Galatians 2:20'Tis treasure we've found in His love

    1 Peter 2:11, Galatians 1:4That has made us now pilgrims below;

    John 14:2,3, 1 Thessalonians 4:17And 'tis there, when we reach Him above,

    1 Corinthians 13:12, 2 Thessalonians 1:10As we're known, all His fullness we'll know.

  6. Hebrews 1:3, 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17And our Saviour! 'tis Thee from on high

    1 Thessalonians 4:16, James 5:7We await till the time Thou shalt come,

    1 Thessalonians 4:16,17, Psalms 32:8To take those Thou hast led by Thine eye

    1 Thessalonians 4:17, John 14:2To Thyself in Thy heavenly home.

  7. Acts 10:38, 1 Peter 2:21Until then, 'tis the path Thou hast trod

    1 Thessalonians 4:17,18, 1 Peter 2:25Our delight and our comfort shall be;

    Psalms 23:4, 1 Peter 2:25We're content with Thy staff and Thy rod,

    1 John 3:2,3, 1 Peter 4:13Till with Thee all Thy glory we see.