Encouragement to Trust in God

Verse 1

Engaging argument! here let me rest With humble confidence and faith intire: What, less than this, can calm my troubled breast? What more can my distrustful heart desire?

Verse 2

Encouraged by so full, so sweet a word, Fain would my soul forbid intruding fears: To thee, almighty Father, gracious Lord! Fain would I bring my load of anxious cares.

Verse 3

But can a vile, a guilty creature dare Aspire to hope for favours so divine? Aspire to claim an int'rest in thy care, Or boldly call the glorious blessing mine?

Verse 4

O let thy spirit's sacred influence seal The kind assurance to my doubting soul, Thy pard'ning love, thy tender care reveal; The blissful view shall all my fears controul.