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Text:Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n
Author:Petrus Herbert
Translator:Catherine Winkworth
Tune:UXBRIDGE
Composer:Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc.

210. Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n

1 Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n,
That grasps the promise God hath giv'n,
A confidence in Christ alone,
Whose grace cannot be overthrown.

2 Faith in the conscience worketh peace,
And bids the mourner’s weeping cease;
By faith the children’s place we claim
And give all honor to One Name.

3 Faith feels the Spirit’s kindling breath
In love and hope that conquer death;
Faith worketh joyfulness in God
And trusts and blesses e’en the rod.

4 We thank Thee, then, O God of heaven,
That Thou to us this faith hast given;
Preserve to us Thy Spirit's grace
Till we shall see Thee face to face.

Text Information
First Line: Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n
Author: Petrus Herbert (1566)
Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: The Catechism: Faith; Third Sunday after Epiphany; First Sunday after Easter (2 more...)
Source: Moravian
Notes: Now Public Domain. From the German text: O Christenmensch, merk' wie sich's haelt
Tune Information
Name: UXBRIDGE
Composer: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1830)
Meter: L. M. No. 1
Key: F Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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