Will he disappoint the hope
Which he himself has wrought ?
5 If he shed his precious blood
To bring me to his fold,
Can I think that meaner good
He ever will withhold ?
Satan, vain is thy device!
Here my hope rests assured,
In that great redemption price
I see the whole secured.
39.
Good Effects by weak Means.
1 UNBELIEF the soul dismays,
What objections will it raise !
But true faith securely leans
On the promise, in the means.
2 If to faith it once be known,
God has said, " It shall be done,
And in this appointed way,"
Faith has then no more to say.
3 Moses road, by faith uprear d,
Through the sea a path prepared ;
Jericho s devoted wall
At the trumpet s sound must fall.
4 With a pitcher and a lamp
Gideon overthrew a camp :
And a stone, well aim d by faith,
Proved the arm d Philistine s death.
5 Thus the Lord is pleased to try
Those who on his help rely ;
By the means he makes it known
That the power is all his own.
6 Yet the means are not in vain,
If the end we would obtain ;
Though the breath of pray r be weak,
None shall find but they who seek.
