779    7.6.8.     J. Hart
Cleaving to Christ, by Faith. Heb. 11. 33-40; 12. 1

1 Faith, implanted from above,
  Will prove a fertile root,
  Whence will spring a tree of love,
  Producing precious fruit.
  Though bleak winds the boughs deface,
  The rooted stock shall still remain;
  Leaves may languish, fruit decrease,
  But more shall grow again.

2 Happy souls! who cleave to Christ
  By pure and living faith,
  Finding him their King and Priest,
  Their God and guide till death.
  God’s own foe may plague his sons;
  Sin may distress, but not subdue;
  Christ, who conquered for us once,
  Will in us conquer too.