{"id":598,"date":"2011-02-19T16:32:02","date_gmt":"2011-02-19T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=598"},"modified":"2011-02-19T16:32:02","modified_gmt":"2011-02-19T21:32:02","slug":"help-my-unbelief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2011\/02\/19\/help-my-unbelief\/","title":{"rendered":"Help My Unbelief"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a new book in the mail today, “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge”, which contains over 300 hymns written in the early to\u00a0 mid-18th century (Doddridge was born in 1702 and died in 1751).\u00a0 As I paged through it this morning I found this hymn which ties in to my previous post.\u00a0 It turns out it is also in another hymnal I have, “Our Own Hymn-Book<\/a>“, compiled by C. H. Spurgeon for use in his church in the late 19th century.\u00a0 The scripture text from which it is taken is Mark 9:24<\/p>\n

Jesus, our soul’s delightful choice,
\nIn Thee believing we rejoice;
\nYet still our joy is mix’d with grief,
\nWhile faith contends with unbelief.<\/p>\n

Thy promises our hearts revive,
\nAnd keep our fainting hopes alive;
\nBut guilt, and fears, and sorrows rise,
\nAnd hide the promise from our eyes.<\/p>\n

O let not sin and Satan boast,
\nWhile saints lie mourning in the dust;
\nNor see that faith to ruin brought,
\nWhich Thy own gracious hand hath wrought.<\/p>\n

Do Thou the dying spark inflame;
\nReveal the glories of Thy name;
\nAnd put all anxious doubts to flight,
\nAs shades dispers’d by op’ning light.<\/p>\n

From “THE HYMNS OF PHILIP DODDRIDGE<\/a>“,\u00a0 #197
\nCompiled and Edited by Graham C. Ashworth
\n\u00a92010 by Reformation Heritage Books<\/p>\n

Another song on the same topic can be found in Gadsby’s Hymns, #278.\u00a0 Written by John Newton, the text is powerful.<\/p>\n

I know the Lord is nigh,
\nAnd would but cannot pray,
\nFor Satan meets me when I try,
\nAnd frights my soul away.<\/p>\n

I would, but can’t repent,
\nThough I endeavour oft;
\nThis stony heart can ne’er relent
\nTill Jesus makes it soft.<\/p>\n

I would, but cannot love,
\nThough wooed by love divine;
\nNo arguments have power to move
\nA soul so base as mine.<\/p>\n

I would, but cannot rest
\nIn God’s most holy will;
\nI know what he appoints is best,
\nYet murmur at it still.<\/p>\n

O could I but believe,
\nThen all would easy be;
\nI would, but cannot; Lord, relieve!
\nMy help must come from thee.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

By nature prone to ill,
\nTill thy appointed hour,
\nI was as destitute of will
\nAs now I am of power.<\/p>\n

Wilt thou not crown at length
\nThe work thou hast begun?
\nAnd with the will afford me strength
\nIn all thy ways to run?<\/p>\n

To hear this in a contemporary setting, go here<\/a>. It’s part of Red Mountain Music’s “Help My Unbelief<\/a>” CD.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.redmountainmusic.com\/alb\/g2clips\/track03.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>

Podcast: Play in new window<\/a> | Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I got a new book in the mail today, “The Hymns of Philip Doddridge”, which contains over 300 hymns written in the early to\u00a0 mid-18th century (Doddridge was born in 1702 and died in 1751).\u00a0 As I paged through it this morning I found this hymn which ties in to my previous post.\u00a0 It turns… <\/p>\n

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