Author of faith, eternal word,
whose Spirit breathes the active flame -
faith, like its Finisher and Lord,
today as yesterday the same:
and ask the gift unspeakable;
increase in us the kindled fire,
in us the work of faith fulfil.
By faith we know Thee strong to save;
Your saving presence let us know;
Whate'er we hope, by faith we have,
future and past subsisting now.
To us who in Thy name believe
eternal life with Thee is given;
into ourselves we all receive,
pardon, and happiness, and heaven.
The things unknown to feeble sense,
unseen by reason's glimmering ray,
with strong, commanding evidence,
their heavenly origin display.
Faith lends its realizing light,
the clouds disperse, the shadows fly,
the Invisible appears in sight,
and God is seen by mortal eye.
~ Charles Wesley
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