Faith, Hope and Love

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O, sing to me a song of faith

Author: Lanta Wilson Smith
Tune: [O sing to me a song of faith]
Published in 2 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

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1 Oh, sing to me a song of faith—
The living faith that feels no fear,
That triumphs over sin and death,
And brings eternal, glories near.
Faith clings to God, it trusts his word,
No storm can shake its sacred calm;
Thro’ weal or woe, unfalt’ring faith,
Sends forth a strong, triumphant psalm.

Chorus:
Oh, songs of faith and hope and love,
Your echoes sound from sea to sea,
Let earth’s remotest regions ring
With these glad songs of victory.

2 Oh, sing to me a song of hope—
The steadfast hope that bears the soul
Above the storms of earthly strife,
And bravely sings tho’ breakers roll.
Hope sees the crown above the cross,
Despair and doubt in vain assail;
For hope lives on, eternal sure,
When anchored safe within the veil. [Chorus]

3 Oh, sing to me a song of love—
The love that overcomes the world;
That longs to see all nations meet
Beneath its banners wide unfurled.
Sing on, sing on while life shall last,
On earth attune your harps for heav’n;
Some day to join angelic choirs
Where pow’r for perfect praise is giv’n. [Chorus]

Source: Songs for Work and Worship #92

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Author: Lanta Wilson Smith

Lanta Wilson Smith was born July 19, 1856 at Castine, Maine, and died October 19, 1939 at Taunton, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of a Methodist minister, William J. Wilson, and his wife Sedelia Follett. Her father belonged to the Maine, and later the East Maine Conferences from 1846 until 1866, when he with his family traveled in a covered wagon to the west, where he served as minister in Nebraska and Dakota. Later he returned to New England and founded out his sixty-four years in the ministry at an appointment in Hingham, Massachusetts. From her early childhood Lanta sang and played the organ in church and Sunday school wherever her father was located. When seventeen she attended Bucksport Seminary, Maine, where she received som… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O, sing to me a song of faith
Title:	Faith, Hope and Love
Author:	Lanta Wilson Smith
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O sing of faith and hope
Copyright:	Public Domain