Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: O for a faith that will not shrink
Topic: The Gospel/Faith and Repentance
Writer: <no first name given> Bath Collection
Composer:
Meter: CM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 353
Page Number: 219, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsO for a faith that will not shrink,
Though pressed by every foe,
That will not tremble on the brink
Of any earthly wo! --
That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chastening rod,
But in the hour of grief or pain,
Will lean upon its God; --
A faith that shines more bright and clear
When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt; --
That bears, unmoved, the world's dread frown,
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That seas of trouble can not drown,
Nor Satan's arts beguile; --
A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.
Lord, give us such a faith as this;
And then, whate'er may come,
We'll taste, e'en here, the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.