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LET GOD BE TRUE, AND EVERY MAN A LIAR.
[Romans iii. 4.]
God of all power, and truth, and love,
I act my faith on Thee,
Expect Thy promises to prove
Accomplish'd all in me.
I act my faith on Thee,
Expect Thy promises to prove
Accomplish'd all in me.
In hope believing against hope,
Thy faithfulness I plead;
Assured that Thou shalt lift me up,
And make me free indeed.
Thy faithfulness I plead;
Assured that Thou shalt lift me up,
And make me free indeed.
Thou shalt on me Thy Spirit pour,
And make the sinner clean;
In confidence I wait the hour
When I shall cease from sin.
And make the sinner clean;
In confidence I wait the hour
When I shall cease from sin.
I trust that to the life Divine
Thou wilt my soul restore,
And I shall in Thine image shine,
And I shall sin no more.
Thou wilt my soul restore,
And I shall in Thine image shine,
And I shall sin no more.
Though Satan all Thy truths deny,
He shall no more deceive;
I cannot give my God the lie,
For I shall surely live.
He shall no more deceive;
I cannot give my God the lie,
For I shall surely live.
Though men blaspheme the liberty,
The power they never knew,
Let every man a liar be,
So God alone be true.
The power they never knew,
Let every man a liar be,
So God alone be true.
Though nature fail, and flesh and blood
Would from the promise start,
God shall His word accomplish, God
Is greater than my heart.
Would from the promise start,
God shall His word accomplish, God
Is greater than my heart.
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Through unbelief I stagger not;
Though now my soul is dead,
Quicken'd in Christ, from every thought
Of sin I shall be freed.
Though now my soul is dead,
Quicken'd in Christ, from every thought
Of sin I shall be freed.
I shall be perfected in love;
For Thou hast spoke the word,
The servant cannot be above,
But shall be as, his Lord.
For Thou hast spoke the word,
The servant cannot be above,
But shall be as, his Lord.
The glory of Thy truth and grace
To Thee, O God, I give;
The vilest of the sinful race,
I without sin shall live.
To Thee, O God, I give;
The vilest of the sinful race,
I without sin shall live.
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