Scripture Verse

Simon Peter answered, You are the Christ, the Son of the living God. Jesus replied, Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah, for this was not revealed to you by man, but by my Father in Heaven. Matthew 16:16–17

Introduction

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Words: Charles Wes­ley, 1746.

Music: Bea­loth Lo­well Ma­son, Sac­red Harp 1843 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Spirit of faith, come down,
Reveal the things of God,
And make to us the God­head known,
And wit­ness with the blood.
’Tis Thine the blood to ap­ply
And give us eyes to see,
Who did for ev­ery sin­ner die
Hath sure­ly died for me.

No man can tru­ly say
That Je­sus is the Lord,
Unless Thou take the veil away
And breathe the liv­ing Word.
Then, on­ly then, we feel
Our in­ter­est in His blood,
And cry with joy un­speak­able,
Thou art my Lord, my God!

O that the world might know
The all aton­ing Lamb!
Spirit of faith, des­cend and show
The vir­tue of His name;
The grace which all may find,
The sav­ing pow­er, im­part,
And tes­ti­fy to all man­kind,
And speak in ev­ery heart.

Inspire the liv­ing faith
(Which who­so­ev­er re­ceive,
The wit­ness in them­selves they have
And con­scious­ly be­lieve),
The faith that con­quers all,
And doth the mount­ain move,
And saves who­ev­er on Je­sus call,
And per­fects them in love.