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78. FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE

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​Author:  Benjamin Schmolck (1672-1737)
​Music Source:  Neuverfertigtes Darmstädtisches Gesang-Buch, Darmstadt, 1699

​1. Faith and hope and love adorn
    Heart and life of all true Christians;
    With these must each child of God
    Be endowed in full submission.
    All who wish to serve God truly
    Must show forth these virtues fully.
 
2. Faith which laid the cornerstone
    Of redemption’s true foundation,
    Looks to Jesus Christ alone,
    Makes with heart and lips confession
    Of His Spirit’s faithful training,
    Bears the cross without complaining.
 
3. Love, the fruit of faith, must we
    Show to God and to our neighbor;
    Yield to discipline each day,
    Willing for the Lord to labor.
    No affliction e’er can sever
    Us from Jesus Christ forever.
 
4. Hope encourages our love
    To o’ercome all tribulation
    And will in the deepest flood
    Anchor on the firm foundation.
    What we here endure with sadness,
    Hope will change to joy and gladness.
 
5. O preserve this faith in me,
    Gracious Lord, in Thy good pleasure;
    Shame all those who mightily
    Seek to rob me of this treasure;
    Let the bruised reed not be broken,
    Nor be quenched the flax, still smoking!
 
6. May my charity be pure
    Not a sham or pretense merely,
    O bestow Thy power sure,
    That my love may shine out clearly;
    Help me love Thee, heavenly Father,
    And in Thee, my every brother.
 
7. Set my hope on solid ground;
    Strengthen it in every trial;
    May it flourish and abound,
    And in danger shun denial.
    Let it see past heaven’s portal
    And find rest in things immortal.
 
8. Faith and hope will pass away
    When believing ends in seeing;
    Then our love will enter in,
    Where it first came into being.
    There my love in endless action
    Shall attain sublime perfection.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements