O For A Faith That Will Not Shrink

Words:
W. H. Bathurst
Music:
Carl Glaser

Sheet music

  1. 1O for a faith that will not shrink,Tho’ pressed by ev’ry foe,That will not tremble on the brinkOf any earthly woe.That will not murmur nor complainBeneath the chast’ning rod,But in the hour of grief or pain,Will lean upon its God.
  2. 2A faith that shines more bright and clearWhen tempests rage without;That when in danger knows no fear,In darkness feels no doubt!A faith that keeps the narrow wayTill life’s last hour is fled,And, with a pure and heav’nly ray,Lights up a dying bed.
  3. 3Lord, give me such a faith as this;And then, whate’er may come,We’ll taste, e’en here the hallow’d blissOf an eternal home.

In the hymnals

  • Written in 1831, the words are in 757 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →

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