Colossians 1:23: Be not moved away from the hope of the gospel

Wuar is that gospel-hope?
To be redeem'd from sin,
After His likeness to wake up,
Holy and pure within;
The Lord with all our mind,
And soul and strength to love;
To lose our life for Christ, and find
A better life above.

This hope of holiness,
Still may I hold it fast,
And toward the prize unwearied press,
Till all my deaths are past!
My Captain and my Head
Did to the end endure:
And I through sufferings perfected,
Shall find His promise sure.

ES The men that know not God
May cry, "' It cannot be,"
That heart-felt pardon in His blood,
That sinless liberty:
The world blaspheme in vain,
I still my point pursue,
Assured, though every child of man
Be false, yet God is true.

False-witnesses may rise,
Me from my hope to move,
Pretenders to the glorious prize,
The pure, consummate love:
Though crowds believe a lie,
Nor reach the perfect day,
I set the selfdeceivers by,
And still hold on my way.

I trust in Thee alone,
Who never canst deceive,
(After I have Thy pleasure done)
The promised grace to give,
The holiness complete,
The spotless purity,
The perfect love, which makes me meet
To share a throne with Thee.