Verse 1
Father of Jesus Christ my Lord,
My Saviour, and my head,
I trust in thee, whose powerful word
Hath rais’d him from the dead.

Verse 2
Thou know’st for my offence he died,
And rose again for me,
Fully and freely justified,
That I might live to thee.

Verse 3
Eternal life to all mankind
Thou hast in Jesus given,
And all who seek, in him shall find
The happiness of heaven.

Verse 4
All nations of the earth are blest
In him, who would restore,
And take them all into his rest,
And bid them sin no more.

Verse 5
O God, thy record I receive,
In Abraham’s footsteps tread,
And wait, expecting to receive
The Christ, the promis’d seed.

Verse 6
The word is now gone forth from thee,
It must, it must be done,
My Jesus shall be form’d in me,
And I shall have a Son.

Verse 7
Faith in thy power thou seest I have,
For thou this faith hast wrought,
Dead souls thou callest from their grave,
And speakest worlds from nought.

Verse 8
Things that are not as tho’ they were,
Thou callest by their name,
Present with thee the future are,
With thee the great I AM.

Verse 9
In hope against all human hope
Self-desp’rate I believe,
Thy quick’ning word shall raise me up,
Thou shalt thy Spirit give.

Verse 10
According to thy faithful word
It shall to me be done,
And I shall soon receive my Lord,
And I shall have a Son.

Verse 11
Regardless now of flesh and blood,
Of my forlorn estate,
I own my soul is dead to God,
Yet for the word I wait.

Verse 12
I count not now the tedious years
I have been dead in sin,
But calmly wait till Christ appears,
Till Jesus lives within.

Verse 13
The thing surpasses all my thought,
But faithful is my Lord,
Thro’ unbelief I stagger not,
For God hath spoke the word.

Verse 14
Faith, mighty faith the promise sees,
And looks to that alone,
Laughs at impossibilities,
And cries, It shall be done.

Verse 15
To thee the glory of thy power,
And faithfulness I give,
I shall in Christ, at that glad hour,
And Christ in me shall live.

Verse 16
Before thee I my heart persuade,
I know that thou art true,
Fully assur’d what thou hast said,
Thou able art to do.

Verse 17
Thy truth, and power, and love I plead,
On this I rest secure,
To all of faithful Abraham’s seed
The gracious word is sure.

Verse 18
Thy Son thou hast on all bestow’d,
That all who him receive
Might die to sin, and live to God,
To God alone might live.

Verse 19
I, even I believe in him,
Him with my mouth confess,
And faith I know in thy esteem
Is counted righteousness.

Verse 20
Obedient faith that waits on thee
Thou never wilt reprove,
But thou wilt form thy Son in me,
And perfect me in love.