Active, restless, it would pierce Through the outward universe. 3 What is it? and whither, whence? This unsleeping, secret sense, Longing for its rest and food In some hidden, untried good? 4 "T is the Soul! mysterious name! Him it seeks from whom it came ; It would, mighty God, like thee, Holy, holy, holy be.
FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY.
Faith the Evidence of Things not seen.
1 FAITH is the brightest evidence Of things beyond our sight; It pierces through the veil of sense, And dwells in heavenly light.
2 It sets time past in present view, Brings distant prospects home, Of things a thousand years ago, Or thousand years to come.
3 By faith we know the world was made By God's almighty word;
We know the heavens and earth shall fade And be again restored.
4 Abra'm obeyed the Lord's command, From his own country driven;
By faith he sought a promised land, But found his rest in heaven.
5 Thus through life's pilgrimage we stray, The promise in our eye; By faith we walk the narrow way That leads to joy on high.
Prayer for strong Faith.
1 O, FOR a faith that will not shrink, Though pressed by every foe, That will not tremble on the brink Of any earthly woe!
2 That will not murmur nor complain Beneath the chastening rod,
But, in the hour of grief or pain, Will lean upon its God;
3 A faith that shines more bright and clear When tempests rage without;
That when in danger knows no fear,
In darkness feels no doubt;
4 That bears, unmoved, the world's dread frown, Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That seas of trouble cannot drown, Nor Satan's arts beguile;
5 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.
6 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.
1 IF on a quiet sea
Toward heaven we calmly sail,
With grateful hearts, O God, to thee, We'll own the favoring gale.
2 But should the surges rise, And rest delay to come,
Blest be the sorrow, kind the storm, Which drives us nearer home.
3 Soon shall our doubts and fears All yield at thy control; Thy tender mercies shall illume The midnight of the soul.
4 Teach us, in every state,
To make thy will our own,
And, when the joys of sense depart, To live by faith alone.
S. H. M.
Excellence of Faith.
1 FAITH is the Christian's prop, Whereon his sorrows lean;
It is the substance of his hope, His proof of things unseen;
It is the anchor of his soul
When tempests rage and billows roll.
2 Faith is the polar star
That guides the Christian's way, Directs his wanderings from afar To realms of endless day;
It points the course, where'er he roam, And safely leads the pilgrim home. 3 Faith is the rainbow's form
Hung on the brow of heaven, The glory of the passing storm, The pledge of mercy given; It is the bright, triumphal arch, Through which the saints to glory march.
4 The faith that works by love, And purifies the heart, A foretaste of the joys above To mortals can impart;
It bears us through this earthly strife, And triumphs in immortal life.
1 MISTAKEN souls, that dream of heaven, And make their empty boast Of inward joys, and sins forgiven, While they are slaves to lust! 2 How vain are fancy's airy flights, If faith be cold and dead; None but a living power unites To Christ, the living Head. 3 'T is faith that purifies the heart; "T is faith that works by love; That bids all sinful joys depart, And lifts the thoughts above. 4 This faith shall every fear control By its celestial power,
With holy triumph fill the soul In death's approaching hour.
1 'T IS by the faith of joys to come We walk through deserts dark as night; Till we arrive at heaven, our home,
Faith is our guide, and faith our light. 2 The want of sight she well supplies; She makes the pearly gates appear; Far into distant worlds she pries, And brings eternal glories near.
3 With joy we tread the desert through, While faith inspires a heavenly ray, Though lions roar, and tempests blow, And rocks and dangers fill the way. 4 So Abra'm by divine command Left his own house to walk with God; His faith beheld the promised land, And fired his zeal along the road.
Faith in the invisible God.
1 ALMIGHTY and immortal King, Thy peerless splendors none can bear; But darkness veils seraphic eyes,
When God with all his glory 's there. 2 Yet faith can pierce the awful gloom, The great Invisible can see, And with its tremblings mingle joy, In fixed regards, great God, to thee. 3 This one petition would it urge,
To bear thee ever in its sight; In life, in death, in worlds unknown, Its only portion and delight.
1 THERE is a glorious world on high, 'Resplendent with eternal day;
Faith views the blissful prospect nigh,
While God's own word reveals the way. 2 There shall the servants of the Lord With never fading lustre shine; Surprising honor! vast reward! Conferred on man by love divine. 3 Rescued from that destructive way, Where erring folly thoughtless roves,
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