Help My Unbelief

"I know the Lord is nigh, And would but cannot pray,

For Satan meets me when I try, And frights my soul away.

I would but can't repent, Though I endeavor oft;

This stony heart can ne'er relent Till Jesus makes it soft.

I would but cannot love, Though wooed by love divine;

No arguments have power to move A soul as base as mine.

I would but cannot rest, In God's most holy will;

I know what He appoints is best, And murmur at it still.

Help my unbelief. Help my unbelief.

Help my unbelief. My help must come from Thee."

--John Newton

"Let goods and kindred go, this mortal life also;

The body they may kill: God's truth abideth still,

His kingdom is forever."

--Martin Luther