Numbers 9:16: Where is the Hebrews'' God

Where is the Hebrews'' God,
Who kept them night and day,
Where is the heavenly fire and cloud,
Which show'd Thy church their way?
No symbol visible
We of Thy presence find,
Yet all who would obey Thy will
Shall know their Father's mind.

Father, Thou still dost lead
The children of Thy grace.
The spiritual, believing seed
Throughout this wilderness:
Our chart Thy written word,
Thy Spirit is our guide,
And Christ, the glory of the Lord,
Doth in our hearts reside.

Thy providential care,
Lord, we with joy confess.
Assured Thou wilt our paths prepare.
And order all our ways;
Thy presence shall direct
Our journeys here beneath,
And convoy home Thine own elect
Through a triumphant death.