Hymn 139 - "This world is a wilderness wide;"

This world is a wilderness wide;

We have nothing to seek nor to choose;

We've no thought in the waste to abide;

We have nought to regret nor to lose.

For the Lord has Himself gone before;

He has marked out the path that we tread;

It's as sure as the love we adore;

We have nothing to fear nor to dread.

For the path where our Saviour has gone

Has led up to His Father and God,

To the place where He's now on the throne;

And His strength shall be ours on the road.

And with Him shall our rest be on high,

When in holiness bright we sit down,

In the joy of His love ever nigh,

In the peace that His presence shall crown.

 'Tis the treasure we've found in His love

That has made us now pilgrims below;

And 'tis there, when we reach Him above,

As we're known, all His fulness we'll know.

And our Saviour! 'tis Thee from on high

We await till the time Thou shalt come,

To take those Thou hast led by Thine eye

To Thyself in Thy heavenly home.

Until then 'tis the path Thou hast trod

Our delight and our comfort shall be;

We're content with Thy staff and Thy rod,

Till with Thee all Thy glory we see.