Give Me the Wings of Faith {Give Me the Wings of Faith WOODLAND-Nathaniel D. Gould DEDHAM-William Gardiner NORTHREPPS-Josiah Booth BALLERMA-Francois H. Barthelemon ST. PETER-Alexander R. Reinagle Give Me the Wings of Faith } Give me the wings of faith to rise, Within the vail, and see The saints above, how great their joys, How bright their glories be. Chorus Many are the friends who are waiting today , Happy on the golden strand, Many are the voices calling us away, To join their glorious band. Calling us away, Calling us away, Calling to the better land. Once they were mourners here below, And pour'd out cries and tears; They wrestled hard, as we do now, With sins, and doubts, and fears. I asked them whence their victory came: They, with united breath, Ascribe their conquest to the Lamb, Their triumph to His death. They marked the footsteps that He trod; His zeal inspired their breast: And following their incarnate God, Possess the promised rest. Our glorious Leader claims our praise, For His own pattern given, While the long cloud of witnesses Show the same path to heaven.