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The Christian — Faith, Hope, and Charity

Away, my unbelieving fear

  • No. 668
  • Words Charles Wesley.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Away, my unbelieving fear!Fear shall in me no more have place:My Saviour doth not yet appear,He hides the brightness of his face;But shall I therefore let him go,And basely to the tempter yield?No, in the strength of Jesus, no;I never will give up my shield.

2

Although the vine its fruit deny,Although the olive yield no oil,The withering fig-trees droop and die,The fields elude the tiller's toil,The empty stall no herd afford,And perish all the bleating race;Yet I will triumph in the Lord,The God of my salvation praise.

3

Barren although my soul remain,And not one bud of grace appear,No fruit of all my toil and pain,But sin and only sin is here;Although my gifts and comforts lost,My blooming hopes cut off I see,Yet will I in my Saviour trust,And glory that he died for me.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «668» (large) at the head of the right column of p. 217, beside the music of hymn 667, with the italic reference line «518, 749,» (= sing to the tunes of hymns 518 or 749; the line ends with a comma in the print). Three stanzas of eight lines, numbered «1»–«3» without a full stop (written «1.»–«3.» here); lines 2, 4, 6 and 8 of each stanza are indented in the print (kept here). The first word «AWAY» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Away» here). «Charles Wesley.» in italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. No meter is printed (the text is L. M. D., like the tunes referred to). The print's thin space before «!», «:», «;» and «?» is closed up; apostrophes are written straight. Spelling («Saviour», «fig-trees»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Christian — Faith, Hope, and Charity · No. 668 · printed page 217
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02