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Faith of our fathers, living still In spite of dungeon, fire and sword, O how our hearts beat high with joy Whene'er we hear that glorious word! Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! |
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Our fathers, chained in prisons dark, Were still in heart and conscience free; And blest would be their children's fate, If they, like them should die for thee: Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! |
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Faith of our fathers, we will strive To win all nations unto thee; And through the truth that comes from God Mankind shall then indeed be free. Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! |
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Faith of our fathers, we will love Both friend and foe in all our strife, And preach thee, too, as love knows how By kindly words and virtuous life. Faith of our fathers! holy faith! We will be true to thee till death! |
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Kingston, NY, United States
I'm glad I found this hymn here. I am planning my father's funeral and have been looking for this.
Accra, Ghana
An inspirational hymn, that pierces right through my spirit and, reminds me of the great God I serve.
Lekki, Lagos State, Nigeria
This song enriches me with Joy. The Lord is in the business of blessing everyone. He knows how to do the best of things. Faith is everything we need to win right from our Spiirt mind .... into the context of the world.
God is a God of restoration and upliftment. We will be true to God and to one another in love. Thank You Lord.
Faithfully.
Meechie Decoy, Istanbul, Turkey
I really love what is happening here, beside am an Adventist.
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Faith of our father is a song that encourages me continue in Faith and it is based on old time region, which is good for any one that really want to make heaven at last. A good song.
Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa
I love the song, I heard it in deeper life. Spiritual the song has nothing to do with our local churches, this song also talks about the faith our fathers demonstrated which is recorded in the book of Hebrews 11. Lets execute the faith of Abraham, Enoch and all our fathers who by faith believed in God.
Glasgow, Shotts, United Kingdom
I read those comments I too learned the version with Mary's prayers.
But on looking more into the author he was an Anglican priest who converted to Catholicism in 1847 and write faith of our fathers two years later.
The original words where county back there and Mary's prayers must have been added later.
I remember this being used as a catholic battle hymn.
But that wasn't the intention He was obviously writing about going back to our original faith remember Britain was once catholic.
Also I think with his conversion in -1847 and writing this 1849.
We can safely assume it's definitely a catholic hymn.
Especially when he was criticised and heckled during his life by Methodists for introducing catholic theology into his mass.
Buea, Cameroon
It is an important hymn! Very inspiring!
Kissimmee, Florida, United States
Instead of arguing about whose hymn this was originally, we should be thanking God that we have this beautiful hymn and all Christians, or anyone else for that matter, can enjoy it. Church of England, Baptist, Methodist, Catholic and who ever else believes in our Lord Jesus Christ. I believe that Jesus wants all Christians to come together. That will make Him happy.
Kaduna, Nigeria
Sang it in Spirit and Faith today at St Christopher's Ang Church during Father's Day celebration.
It's truly inspiring.