What Good Can Come?

What good can come from faith alone?

A man in need must deeds be shown.

To say

God bless

keep warm

well fed—

What good is that? Your faith is dead!

For faith alone is dead and vain;

Without good works

there is no gain.

For faith must prove it­self by deeds

And faith by works is made com­plete.

You can’t have faith apart from deeds

And each good deed from faith pro­ceeds.

Belief in God is not enough;

Even the de­mons do that much.

Our fa­ther Ab­ra­ham was named

A right­eous man who had no blame;

Because he of­fered up his son

His faith and act­ions worked as one.

To Ra­hab

though a pros­ti­tute

God did full right­eous­ness im­pute.

For she gave lodg­ing to the spies

And hid them from pur­su­ers’ eyes.

Lord

may I put my faith to work;

May I do good and nev­er shirk.

And may I ne’er be heard to say

My faith is all I need to­day.