Verse 1
Faith, tho’ rational, is founded
Not on man, but God alone,
On the great Jehovah grounded,
Persons Three in essence One:
Who aright his Lord confesses,
Unremoveable he stands,
Fixt on an eternal basis,
’Stablish’d with almighty hands.

Verse 2
Not on vain imaginations
Do we, Lord, for proof depend;
Not on fancied inspirations,
When thou dost thy Spirit send:
Unenlighten’d reason leaves us
Nought to build our faith upon:
Evidence thy Spirit gives us
Brighter than the mid-day sun.

Verse 3
Slighting nature’s every feeling
We on grace alone rely:
God in us his Son revealing
Makes us Abba Father cry:
When we find the hidden treasure,
Christ discover’d from above,
Then our souls perceive the pleasure,
Impulse sweet of Jesus’ love.

Verse 4
O that all our blind gainsayers
Might the loving impulse feel!
Tri-une God, regard our prayers,
Thou in them thyself reveal,
By the Spirit’s demonstration
Teach their hearts the mystery,
Show to each the great salvation,
Tell him—I have pardon’d thee!