584. Give me the faith

1 Give me the faith which can remove
and sink the mountain to a plain;
give me the childlike praying love,
which longs to build thy house again;
thy love, let it my heart o'er-power,
and all my simple soul devour.

2 I would the precious time redeem,
and longer live for this alone,
to spend and to be spent for them
who have not yet my Saviour known;
fully on these my mission prove,
and only breathe, to breathe thy love.

3 My talents, gifts and graces, Lord,
into thy blessed hands receive,
and let me live to preach thy word,
and let me to thy glory live;
my every sacred moment spend
in publishing the sinner's Friend.

4 Enlarge, inflame and fill my heart
with boundless charity divine,
so shall I all my strength exert,
and love them with a zeal like thine,
and lead them to thy open side,
the sheep for whom the Shepherd died.

Text Information
First Line: Give me the faith which can remove
Title: Give me the faith
Paraphraser: Charles Wesley, 1707-1788
Meter: 8 8 8 8 8 8
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Evangelism; Faith (6 more...)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: COLCHESTER
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley, 1810-1876
Meter: 8 8 8 8 8 8
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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