In a recent Sunday service, our church sang a rather uncharacteristic hymn not found in the denominational hymnal: My Faith Has Found a Resting Place. I associate this hymn with chapel services at the Baptist university I attended in Minnesota in my youth, as well as in the affiliated church of which our family was part around the same time. In many respects it’s a great hymn, nicely communicating the message of the gospel and the assurance of salvation.

My faith has found a resting place,
Not in device nor creed;
I trust the Ever-living One,
His wounds for me shall plead.
I need no other argument,
I need no other plea;
It is enough that Jesus died,
And that He died for me.

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