Let Christian Faith and Hope Dispel

Verse 1

Let Christian faith and hope dispel the fears of guilt and woe; the Lord Almighty is our friend, and who can prove a foe?

Verse 2

He who his Son, most dear and lov'd, gave up for us to die, shall he not all things freely give that goodness can supply?

Verse 3

Behold the best, the greatest gift, of everlasting love! behold the pledge of peace below, and perfect bliss above!

Verse 4

Where is the judge who can condemn, since God hath justify'd? who shall charge those with guilt or crime for whom the Saviour dy'd?

Verse 5

The Saviour dy'd, but rose again triumphant from the grave; and pleads our cause at God’s right hand, omnipotent to save.

Verse 6

Who then can e’er divide us more from Jesus and his love, or break the sacred chain that binds the earth to heaven above?

Verse 7

Let troubles rise, and terrors frown, and days of darkness fall; through him all dangers we’ll defy, and more than conquer all.

Verse 8

Nor death nor life, nor earth nor hell, nor time’s destroying sway, can e’er efface us from his heart, or make his love decay.

Verse 9

Each future period that will bless, as it has bless’d the past; he loved us from the first of time, he loves us to the last.