Verse 1
By faith, the handmaid of the Lord,
Sarah, receiv’d a power unknown,
She judg’d him faithful to his word;
Barren and old she bore a son.
Verse 2
Nature had lost its genial power,
And Abraham was old in vain:
Impossibilities are o’er,
If faith assent, and God ordain.
Verse 3
He glorified Jehovah’s name;
(God spake the word, it must be done)
Father of nations he became,
And multitudes sprang forth from one.
Verse 4
From one old man the race did rise,
A barren womb the myriads bore,
Countless, as stars that deck the skies,
As sands that crown the ocean shore.