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CXXVI. Faith superior to Sense

1 Sight, hearing, feeling, taste and smell,
Are gifts we highly prize;
But these may downward lead to hell,
While faith to heav'n doth rise.

2 More piercing than the eagle's sight,
Faith views the world unknown:
Surveys the glorious realms of light,
And JESUS on the throne.

3 It hears the mighty voice of GOD,
And ponders what he saith;
His word and works, his gifts and rod,
Have each a voice to faith.

4 It feels the touch of heav'nly pow'r,
And from the boundless source,
Derives fresh vigour ev'ry hour
To run its daily course.

5 The truth and goodness of the LORD
Are suited to its tasks;
Mean is the worldling's pamper'd board,
To faith's perpetual feast.

6 Till saving faith possess the mind,
In vain of sense we boast;
We are but senseless, tasteless, blind,
And deaf, and dead, and lost.

Text Information

• First Line: Sight, hearing, felling, taste and smell
• Title: Faith superior to Sense
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1799
• Topic: Faith: Superior ot sense
• Notes: Public Domain.

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