853 7.5. J. Hart
“Believe only.” Luke. 8. 50; John. 6. 29
1
Zeal extinguished to a spark;
 
Life is very, very low;
 
All my evidences dark,
 
And good works I’ve none to show.
 
Prayer, too, seems a load;
 
Ordinances tease or tire;
 
I can feel no love to God;
 
Hardly have a good desire.
2
Though thy fainting spirits droop,
 
Yet thy God is with thee still.
 
To believe in hope ’gainst hope,
 
And against thee all things feel;
 
Only to believe,
 
’Midst thy coldness, doubts, and death,
 
Canst thou not, poor soul, perceive
 
This is now thy work of faith?