Mark 5:36: At first our wisely silent Lord

At first our wisely silent Lord
Slighted the' afihcted father's prayer,
Gave him no hopes or cheering word,
As quite excluded from His care,
He seem'd to cast his suit aside.
And to another's cure applied.

But when his faith begins to fail
O'erpower'd with trials too severe,
Jesus doth by a word dispel
His sad despondency and fear,
Bids him beHeve from first to last,
And hold his faith and patience fast.

Brought to the point, a sinner still,
When ready to receive his cure,
May greater shocks and conflicts feel,
May sorer agonies endure,
As press'd above what he can bear.
As faith were conquer'd by despair.

But then in 'his extreme distress
The long entreated God will hear.
The sinner's staggering faith increase.
Reveal His great salvation near.
Make all His power and mercy known,
And save his soul by grace alone.