It is not with uncertain step
We tread a homeless way:
A well-known Voice has called us up
To everlasting day!

It is the voice of Him who trod
Alone the trackless wild,
And marked the road that leads to God
Each Spirit-quickened child.

Nor leaves He us to find alone
Our path across the waste,
But still with living grace leads on,
As toward our home we haste.

See! open stands the heavenly door,
Whence Glory shines below,
To light the way He trod before-
The bliss that waits, to show!

We bless Him who appoints the road
That-though our faith he tried-
Reveals a Love which bears our load,
Where in our hearts may hide!