Hymn 140 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCBD EFEF GHGH IJKJ LMLN OBOB PQPRA living and a dead faith Collected from several scriptures | A |
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Mistaken souls that dream of heav'n | B |
And make their empty boast | C |
Of inward joys and sins forgiv'n | B |
While they are slaves to lust | D |
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Vain are our fancies airy flights | E |
If faith be cold and dead | F |
None but a living power unites | E |
To Christ the living head | F |
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'Tis faith that changes all the heart | G |
'Tis faith that works by love | H |
That bids all sinful joys depart | G |
And lifts the thoughts above | H |
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'Tis faith that conquers earth and hell | I |
By a celestial power | J |
This is the grace that shall prevail | K |
In the decisive hour | J |
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Faith must obey her Father's will | L |
As well as trust his grace | M |
A pard'ning God is jealous still | L |
For his own holiness | N |
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When from the curse he sets us free | O |
He makes our natures clean | B |
Nor would he send his Son to be | O |
The minister of sin | B |
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His Spirit purifies our frame | P |
And seals our peace with God | Q |
Jesus and his salvation came | P |
By water and by blood | R |
Isaac Watts
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