By faith the holy men of old

Verse 1
By faith the holy men of old
Obtain’d a never-dying name,
The sacred leaves their praise unfold,
And God himself records their fame.

Verse 2
Thro’ faith we know the worlds were made,
By his great word to being brought:
He spake: the earth and heaven obey’d;
The universe sprang forth from nought.

Verse 3
The heavens thy glorious power proclaim,
If thou in us thy power declare;
We know from whom the fabrick came,
Our heart believes, when God is there.

Verse 4
Thee thro’ thy self we understand,
When thou in us thyself hast shown,
We see thy all creating hand,
We feel a God thro’ faith alone.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “The Life of Faith, Exemplified in the Eleventh Chapter of St. Paul’s Epistle to the Hebrews.” Introduced in Hymns and Sacred Poems (1740), published by John and Charles Wesley (London: William Strahan, 1740). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 1 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1868), page 210.
Publishing: Public Domain