Scripture Verse

Increase our faith. Luke 17:5

Introduction

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Fanny Crosby (1820–1915)

Words: Fan­ny Cros­by, in Me­lo­di­ous Son­nets, ed­it­ed by Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick & John R. Swe­ney (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1885), num­ber 110. Some hym­nals give the au­thor as Hen­ri­et­ta E. Blair, one of Fan­ny’s pseu­do­nyms.

Music: Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (🔊 pdf nwc).

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William J. Kirkpatrick (1838–1921)

Lyrics

While struggling thro’ this vale of tears,
I want more faith in Je­sus;
Amid temptations, cares and fears,
I want more faith in Je­sus.

Refrain

I want more faith, I want more faith,
A clearer, brighter, stronger faith in Je­sus;
And this my cry, as time rolls by,
I want more faith in Je­sus.

To war against the foes within
I want more faith in Je­sus;
To rise above the powers of sin
I want more faith in Je­sus.

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To brave the storms that here I meet
I want more faith in Je­sus;
To rest confiding at His feet
I want more faith in Je­sus.

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I want a faith that works by love,
A constant faith in Je­sus;
A faith that mountains can remove,
A living faith in Je­sus.

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