Faith lays hold on thy great might,
And forth to battle goes,
Arm’d herewith we put to flight,
And triumph o’er our foes.
Trusting in thy faithful word
We thine almighty arm employ,
Slay them with thy Spirit’s sword,
And all our sins destroy.
Faith lays hold on Thy great might
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “He shall destroy them, so shalt thou destroy them.”—[Deut.] ix. 3. 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 99.
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