John & Charles Wesley · 152 of 258

Verses 11,12

By faith the handmaid of the Lord, Sarah, received a power unknown; She judged Him faithful to His word; Barren and old, she bore a son.

Nature had lost its genial power, And Abraham was old, in vain: Impossibilities are o’er, If faith assent, and God ordain.

He glorified JEHOVAH’S name; (God spake the word, it must be done) Father of nations he became, And multitudes sprang forth from one.

From one old man the race did rise, A barren womb the myriads bore, Countless as stars that deck the skies, As sands that crown the ocean-shore.