English poem
Believing with the Heart, and confessing with the Mouth, necessary to Salvation. Rom. x. 6-10
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
And is Salvation brought so near, Where sinful Men expiring lie? Triumph, my Soul, the Sound to hear, And shout it joyous to the Sky.
I ask not, who to Heav'n shall scale, That Christ the Saviour thence may come; Or who Earth's inmost Depths assail To bring him from the dreary Tomb.
From Heav'n on Wings of Love he flew, And Conqu'ror from the Tomb he sprung: My Heart believes the Witness true, And dictates to my faithful Tongue.
I sing Salvation brought so near, No more on Earth expiring lie; I teach the World my Joys to hear, And shout them to the ecchoing Sky.
More by Philip Doddridge
- Backsliding Israel invited to return to GOD. Jerem. iii. 12, 13
- Bearing the Image of the earthy and the heavenly Adam. 1 Cor. xv. 49
- Beholding Transgressors with Grief. Psalm cxix. 136, 158
- Being joined to CHRIST, and one Spirit with him. 1. Cor. vi. 17
- Blessing GOD for spiritual Blessings in CHRIST. Ephes. i. 3
- Britain unreformed by remarkable Deliverances. Amos iv. 11
- CCCLXVI. a Military Ode. Psalm CXLIX
- CHRIST ascending to his Father and GOD, and ours. John xx. 17