In the desert of sorrow and sin, Lo! I faint as I journey along; With the warfare without and within, See my strength and my hope nearly gone. Refrain I thirst, let me drink, Of the live-giving stream let me drink; ???Tis the Rock, cleft for me, ???Tis the water, the water of life. In my weakness I turn to the fount, From the Rock that was smitten for me; And I drink, and I joyfully count All my trials a blessing to be. Refrain O Thou God of compassion, I pray, Let me ever abide in Thy sight; Let me drink of the fount day by day, Till I join Thee in mansions of light. Refrain