By faith I on his strength lay hold,
And walk in Christ my way,
Divinely confident, and bold
His perfect law t’ obey;
I shall perform his utmost will,
As sure as God is true,
And do the thing impossible
Which Jesus bids me do.
By faith I on His strength lay hold
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Be thou strong and very courageous: that thou mayst observe to do according to all the law.”—[Joshua] i. 7. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 120.
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