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Faith is the Spirit’s sweet control, From which assurance springs, Faith is the pencil of the soul, That pictures heavenly things. Faith is the conq’ring host that storms The battlements of sin, Faith is the quick’ning fire that warms The trembling heart within. O Rock of Ages, Fount of Bliss, Thy needful help afford, And let our constant prayer be this— “Increase my faith, O Lord.”
Faith is the Spirit’s sweet control, From which assurance springs, Faith is the pencil of the soul, That pictures heavenly things. Faith is the conq’ring host that storms The battlements of sin, Faith is the quick’ning fire that warms The trembling heart within. O Rock of Ages, Fount of Bliss, Thy needful help afford, And let our constant prayer be this— “Increase my faith, O Lord.”
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- J. Burbidge (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 213 · printed citation: J. Burbidge · subject: FAITH
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