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Faith is a living power from heaven
That grasps the promise God hath given,
A trust that cannot be o’erthrown,
Fixed heartily on Christ alone.
Faith finds in Christ whate’er we need
To save or strengthen us indeed;
Receive the grace He sends us down,
And make us share Hs cross and crown.
Faith in the conscience worketh peace
And bids the mourner’s weeping cease;
By faith the children’s place we claim,
And give all honour to one Name.
Faith feels the Spirit’s kindling breath
In love and hope that conquer death;
Faith worketh hourly joy in God,
And trusts and blesses e’en the rod.
We thank Thee, then, O God of heaven,
That Thou to us this faith hast given
In Jesus Christ Thy Son, who is
Our only fount and source of bliss.
- Petrus Herbert -
