Mark 9: I do believe Thy blood was spilt

I do believe Thy blood was spilt
To make my heart and nature clean:
But help me to believe Thou wilt
This moment save me from my sin,
Preserve me every moment Thine,
A vessel pure of love Divine.

O that I could with all my heart
Entirely trust Thy gracious power
To make and keep me as Thou art,
To bid me go and sin no more.
No more in word or thought transgress
But live and die in perfect peace.

Thou wilt this secret bar remove:
But will my God remove it now?
How can I doubt the God of love?
The God of truth and wisdom Thou
Shalt in Thine own appointed day
Take all this unbelief away.

Here then in vehement hope I rest,
Nor put Thee off nor urge Thee on:
The secret lies within Thy breast,
Thy time and work to Thee are known,
And I shall in due season prove
That faith fiU'd up is perfect love.