233    8s     J. Hart
Saving Faith. Mark 16. 16; Acts 10. 43; 16. 31

1 The sinner that truly believes,
  And trusts in his crucified God,
  His justification receives,
  Redemption in full through his blood;
  Though thousands and thousands of foes
  Against him in malice unite,
  Their rage he through Christ can oppose,
  Led forth by the Spirit to fight.

2 Not all the delusions of sin
  Shall ever seduce him to death;
  He now has the witness within,
  Rejoicing in Jesus by faith.
  This faith shall eternally fail
  When Jesus shall fall from his throne;
  For hell against both must prevail,
  Since Jesus and he are but one.

3 The faith that lays hold on the Lamb,
  And brings such salvation as this,
  Is more than mere notion or name;
  The work of God’s Spirit it is;
  A principle active and young,
  That lives under pressure and load;
  That makes out of weakness more strong,
  And draws the soul upwards to God.

4 [It treads on the world and on hell;
  It vanquishes death and despair;
  And, what is still stranger to tell,
  It overcomes heaven by prayer;
  Permits a vile worm of the dust
  With God to commune as a friend;
  To hope his forgiveness is just,
  And look for his love to the end.]

5 [It says to the mountains, “Depart,”
  That stand betwixt God and the soul;
  It binds up the broken in heart,
  And makes their sore consciences whole;
  Bids sins of a crimson-like dye
  Be spotless as snow, and as white;
  And makes such a sinner as I
  As pure as an angel of light.]