Acts 8:12: But when they believed Philip preaching, &c

Soon as the Saviour's messenger
Did to their hearts proclaim
Glad tidings of a kingdom near
And peace in Jesu's name,
Their souls were suddenly unbound
A long deluded crowd
The gospel word they felt, and found
The real "power of God."

Satan must tremble and give place
Before the Spirit's might,
The strength of efficacious grace
Puts all his hosts to flight;
His kingdom falls, his charms and spells
And works are all o'erthrown,
When Jesus in the faithful dwells
And rules their hearts alone.

By divination to prevail
The fiend again may by,
Received within the church's pale
His malice we defy;
Baptized into our Saviour's name
And sprinkled with His blood,
The members are with Christ the same,
And all are fill'd with God.