LYRICS
| Meter: | 8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
| | Writer(s): | Charles Wesley
| | Transl/Adapt: |
| | Dates: | 1740
| | Bible Refs: | Heb 12:2
| A Collection of Hymns (Methodist)
| 1889
| 95
| Australian Hymn Book/With One Voice
| 1977
| 473
| Common Praise: Hymns Ancient & Modern
| 2000
| 381
| Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 1983
| 662
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 1954
| 362
| The Hymn Book of Angl & Unit Ch Canada
| 1971
| 194
| Together in Song: The Australian HB II
| 1999
| 565
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MUSIC
 Hymns and Psalms with SA Sup.
| 322
| Bb
| Hymns of Faith
| 19
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 33
| C
| Baptist Hymn Book
| 346
| C
| Hymns of Faith
| 44
| C
| Sacred Songs & Solos: Revised and enlarg
| 252
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 362
| C
| Methodist Hymn Book - Hymns
| 695
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 15
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 256
| C
| Believers Hymn Book
| 280
| C
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| 1. Author of faith, eternal Word,
Whose Spirit breathes the active flame;
Faith like its finisher and Lord,
Today as yesterday the same.
2. To Thee our humble hearts aspire,
And ask the gift unspeakable;
Increase in us the kindled fire,
In us the work of faith fulfill.
3. By faith we know Thee strong to save;
Save us, a present Savior Thou!
Whate’er we hope, by faith we have
Future and past subsisting now.
4. To him that in Thy Name believes
Eternal life with Thee is given;
Into Himself He all receives,
Pardon and holiness, and heaven.
5. The things unknown to feeble sense,
Unseen by reason’s glimmering ray,
With strong commanding evidence
Their heavenly origin display.
6. Faith lends its realizing light,
The clouds disperse, the shadows fly;
Th’invisible appears in sight,
And God is seen by mortal eye.
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