Believing Fathers Oft Have Told
VERSE 1
Believing
fathers oft have told
What
things by God were done,
When
faithful men in days of old
Their
lifelong battle won;
And now
when God calls us to life,
And
Satan tempts each man,
We
choose our side in th’mortal strife
To fight
as best we can—
Like
brothers true, of one accord,
To hold
one faith and serve one Lord.
VERSE 2
Our King
has come to claim His own,
Has paid
the debt we owe,
Himself
has fought the fight alone,
In
straits we cannot know.
Amid the
world’s confused noise,
Where we
but darkly see,
The
Christ appeals, with sweet, clear voice,
“My
brothers, follow Me”—
Like
brothers true, of one accord,
To hold
one faith, to serve one Lord.
VERSE 3
His
Church our shelter, He our Guide,
Our
strength His healing cross,
We range
ourselves upon His side,
Where
none can suffer loss.
We’re
safe behind our Savior’s shield;
He makes
us heirs of Heaven;
We claim
upon th’embattled field
The
victory Christ has given—
Like
brothers true, of one accord,
To hold
one faith, to serve one Lord.
VERSE 4
And yet,
O Christ, our Savior King,
Unless
Thou keep us Thine,
Our
faith will soon dry at the spring,
Our love
will shrink and pine.
So by
Thy Spirit mold us, Lord;
Inspire
our hearts to pray;
Our
hungry souls feed with Thy Word,
And
teach our lips to say,
“True
brothers we, of one accord,
We hold
one faith, we serve one Lord.”
VERSE 5
We fain
would do our Master’s part,
And help
our fellow men,
Would
cheer some lonely brother’s heart,
Some
lost one bring again,
Would
serve the Church abroad, at home,
With
hearts from self set free,
Striving
to make Thy kingdom come.
O God,
so may it be,
That,
brothers true, with one accord,
We hold
the faith and serve the Lord!
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