Why Is Thy Faith So Small?

Why is thy faith in God’s great love so small?

Why doth thy heart shrink back at du­ty’s call?

Art thou obey­ing this: Abide in Me?

And doth the Mas­ter’s word abide in thee?

O blest as­sur­ance from our ris­en Lord;

O pre­cious com­fort breath­ing from the Word.

How great the pro­mise

could there great­er be?

Ask what thou wilt

it shall be done for thee.

Ask what thou wilt

but O

re­mem­ber this

We ask and have not when we ask amiss.

If weak in faith

we on­ly half be­lieve

That what we ask we real­ly shall re­ceive.