O for a faith that will not shrink

O for a faith that will not shrink

Author: William Hiley Bathurst
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1 O for a faith that will not shrink.
Though pressed by many a 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
Can 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 A faith that keeps the narrow way
Till life's last spark is fled,
And with a pure and heavenly ray
Lights up a dying bed.

6. Lord, give me such a faith as this,
And then, whate'er may come,
I taste e'en now the hallowed bliss
Of an eternal home.

Amen.

The Hymnal: Published by the authority of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A., 1895

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Author: William Hiley Bathurst

William Hiley Bathurst, 1796-1877 Born: Au­gust 28, 1796, Cleve­dale (near Bris­tol), Eng­land. Died: No­vem­ber 25, 1877, Lyd­ney Park, Glou­ces­ter­shire, Eng­land. Buried: At the par­ish church in Lyd­ney, Glou­ces­ter­shire, where he owned the fam­i­ly seat. There is a plaque com­mem­o­rat­ing him in­side the church, and the 14th Cen­tu­ry cross in Lyd­ney was re­stored in 1878 in his mem­o­ry. Bathurst was ed­u­cat­ed at Win­ches­ter, and at Christ Church, Ox­ford, Eng­land, grad­uat­ing in 1818. From 1820-52, he was Rec­tor of Bar­wick-in-Elmet, near Leeds. How­ev­er, he could not re­con­cile his doc­trin­al views with the Book of Com­mon Pray­er, and re­tired from the min­is­… Go to person page >

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First Line: O for a faith that will not shrink
Author: William Hiley Bathurst
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Language: English
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O for a faith that will not shrink. W. H. Bathurst. [Faith.] First published in his Psalms and Hymns, &c, 1831, Hy. 86, in 6 stanzas of 4 lines, and entitled, "The Power of Faith." As found in Hymns Ancient & Modern, the Hymnal Companion, and others, stanza iv. is omitted. Its omission is a great gain to the hymn, as it mars its simplicity and tenderness. It reads:—

"That bears unmov'd the world's dread frown,
Nor heeds its scornful smile;
That sin's wild ocean cannot drown,
Nor its soft arts beguile."

The use of this hymn is great, and more especially in America, where it is given in most of the leading collections.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

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EVAN (Havergal)

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AZMON

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) adapted AZMON from a melody composed by Carl G. Gläser in 1828. Mason published a duple-meter version in his Modern Psalmist (1839) but changed it to triple meter in his later publications. Mason used (often obscure) biblical names for his tune titles; Azmon, a city south of C…

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ST. AGNES (Dykes)

John B. Dykes (PHH 147) composed ST. AGNES for [Jesus the Very Thought of Thee]. Dykes named the tune after a young Roman Christian woman who was martyred in A.D. 304 during the reign of Diocletian. St. Agnes was sentenced to death for refusing to marry a nobleman to whom she said, "I am already eng…

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