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Increase our faith.
Luke 17:5.
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 can not 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.
Bath Coll.