Mark 15:32: See and believe! it cannot be

See and believe! it cannot be:
We first believe, and then we see,
While IsraeVs King His power exerts,
And comes from heaven into our hearts.

Had Christ descended from the cross
His life had been His creatures' loss,
Nor could we on that scale ascend
To live in joys that never end.

Did they not see to life restored
The man beloved of his Lord,
Yet went with harden'd hearts away
And sought even Lazarus to slay?

Who miracles demand in vain
Would stubborn inndels remain,
By countless wonders unsubdued;
For faith is still the gift of God.