Text Based On Ephesians Chapter 6(KJV)
Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked. And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:

Words: Thomas Toke Lynch: 1818-1871
Music: The Staff of Faith, tra­di­tion­al Swiss mel­o­dy
The Staff of faith (86.86.88.86)
Lyrics/Verses/Key/v4/Eb/ Score

My Faith, It Is An Oaken Staff

1. My faith, it is an oaken staff,
the traveller’s well loved aid;
My faith, it is a weapon stout,
the soldier’s trusty blade:
I’ll travel on, and still be stirred,
by silent thought or social word;
By all my perils undeterred-
a soldier pilgrim staid.

2. I have a Captain, and the Heart-
of every private man,
Has drunk in valour from His eyes,
since first the war began:
He is most merciful in fight,
and of His scars a single sight,
The embers of our falling might-
into a flame can fan.

3. I have a Guide, and in His steps-
where travellers have trod,
Whether beneath was flinty rock-
or yielding grassy sod,
They cared not, with force unspent,
unmoved by pain, they onward went,
Unstayed by pleasures, still they bent-
their zealous course to God.

4. My faith, it is an oaken staff,
oh, let me on it lean;
My faith, it is a trusty sword,
may falsehood find it keen:
Thy Spirit, Lord, to me impart,
oh, make me what Thou ever art,
Of patient and courageous heart,
as all true saints have been.