1 But can it be that I should prove
For ever faithful to thy love,
From sin for ever cease?
I thank thee for the blessèd hope;
It lifts my drooping spirit up,
It gives me back my peace.
Refrain:
He lives, He lives,
I know that my redeemer lives.
2 In thee, O Lord, I put my trust,
Mighty and merciful and just;
Thy sacred word is passed;
And I, who dare thy word receive,
Without committing sin shall live,
Shall live to God at last.
3 I rest in thine almighty power;
The name of Jesus is a tower
That hides my life above;
Thou canst, thou will my helper be;
My confidence is all in thee,
The faithful God of love.
4 Wherefore, in never-ceasing prayer,
My soul to thy continual care
I faithfully commend;
Assured that thou through life shalt save,
And show thyself beyond the grave
My everlasting friend.
Source: The Song Book of the Salvation Army #714
First Line: | But can it be that I should prove |
Title: | The Blessed Hope |
Author: | Charles Wesley |
Meter: | 8.8.6.8.8.6 |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
But can it be that I should prove. C. Wesley. [In Temptation] Published in the Wesley Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1749, No. 112, in 6 stanzas of 6 lines (Poetical Works, iv., p. 479). It was well known in the old Wesleyan Hymn Book, but is omitted from the Methodist Hymn Book, 1904, except stanzas iv.-vi., which are embodied in "Light of the world, Thy beams I bless” q.v.
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)