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Text:Oh, For a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Author:William Hiley Bathurst
Tune:ST. ANNE
Composer:William Croft

E36. Oh, For a Faith That Will Not Shrink

1 Oh, for a faith that will not shrink,
Tho' prest by many a foe;
That will not tremble on the brink
Of poverty or woe;

2 That will not murmur nor complain
Beneath the chast'ning rod:
But in the hour of grief or pain
Can lean upon its God.

3 A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life’s last hour is fled,
And with a pure and heav'nly ray
Lights up a dying bed.

4 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.

Text Information
First Line: Oh, for a faith that will not shrink
Title: Oh, For a Faith That Will Not Shrink
Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1913
Topic: Faith
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: ST. ANNE
Composer: William Croft
Meter: C. M.
Key: C Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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