Where is that faith, whose fervent prayer
Body and soul at once can heal?
The oil? The gifted elders where?
Father, if such thy gracious will,
Thou canst reveal thine arm of power,
Thy truth in every age the same,
And with almighty faith restore
The wonders wrought by Jesu’s name!
Where is that faith, whose fervent prayer
Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “The prayer of faith shall save the sick.”—[James] v. 15. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 2 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 13 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1872), page 176.
Publishing: Public Domain