Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#210

210. Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n

1 Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n,
That grasps the promise God hath giv'n,
A confidence in Christ alone,
Whose grace cannot be overthrown.

2 Faith in the conscience worketh peace,
And bids the mourner’s weeping cease;
By faith the children’s place we claim
And give all honor to One Name.

3 Faith feels the Spirit’s kindling breath
In love and hope that conquer death;
Faith worketh joyfulness in God
And trusts and blesses e’en the rod.

4 We thank Thee, then, O God of heaven,
That Thou to us this faith hast given;
Preserve to us Thy Spirit's grace
Till we shall see Thee face to face.

Text Information

• First Line: Faith is a living pow'r from heav'n
• Author: Petrus Herbert (1566)
• Translator: Catherine Winkworth (1858)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Faith; Third Sunday after Epiphany; First Sunday after Easter; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Source: Moravian
• Notes: From the German text: O Christenmensch, merk' wie sich's haelt

Tune Information

• Name: UXBRIDGE
• Composer: Lowell Mason, Mus. Doc. (1830)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: F Major