O for a faith that will not shrink
O for a faith that will not shrink. William Hiley Bathurst* (1796-1877).
First published in Bathurst’s Psalms and Hymns for Public and Private Use (1831). It appeared in many 19th-century books, including the Scottish Church Hymnary (1898), Methodist books (Primitive Methodist Hymnal, 1887, 1889, United Methodist Church Hymnal, 1889), and was included in A&M (1904) and A&MS. It had six stanzas. Stanza 4 was often omitted:
O for a faith that will not shrink Though pressed by many a foe,That will not tremble on the brink Of poverty and woe;
That will not murmur or complain Beneath the chastening rod,But, in the hour of grief or pain, Can lean upon its God;
A faith that shines...
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