Precious faith, power divine, greatest promises.
We believed, we received, now we have all three;
By these we may grow unto maturity.
Precious faith holding us, holding ceaselessly.
Disagree or agree, still it holds us fast,
Day by day, eternally this faith shall last.
Power divine is in us now to operate.
Hence will spring everything for our life within
And for godliness without, expressing Him.
Promises, given us, great and precious are.
These we take to partake of God’s nature true,
Having thus escaped the world’s corruption too.
Christ without is the Word—all God’s promises.
Now the key is that we daily contact both,
Calling, praying, reading to produce the growth.
Diligence, diligence, let us now apply;
For if we, to these three, full attention show
From the seed of faith the fruit of love will grow.
By this growth in the Lord fruitful we become.
For this we need to see what the Lord’s begun,
Ne’er forgetful be nor blind to what He’s done.
Diligence thus will make our election sure.
When indeed with this seed we cooperate,
We’re supplied the kingdom’s entrance, rich and great.
By the faith, promises, and the pow’r to live.
Nothing more, nothing less, will our basis be
By Thy grace we will cooperate with Thee.