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Text:I Do Believe
Author:Charles Wesley
Tune:[Father, I stretch my hand to thee]

186. I Do Believe

1 Father, I stretch my hands to thee;
No other help I know;
If thou withdraw thyself from me,
Ah, whither shall I go?

2 On thy dear Son I now believe,
O let me feel thy pow'r;
And all my varied wants relieve,
In this accepted hour.

3 Author of faith! to thee I lift
My weary, longing eyes:
O let me now receive that gift;
My soul without it dies.

Text Information
First Line: Father, I stretch my hands to thee
Title: I Do Believe
Author: Charles Wesley
Language: English
Publication Date: 1908
Topic: Call Accepted; Living His Life: Faith; Invitation and Repentance: Call Accepted
Notes: Public Domain.
Tune Information
Name: [Father, I stretch my hand to thee]
Meter: C. M.
Key: G Major
Notes: Public Domain.



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