Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1815
Compiler: John Thompson et al
Publisher/Printer: Looker and Wallace
First Line: How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord
Topic: Trusting in Christ
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: PM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 201
Page Number: 177, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHow firm a foundation, ye sains the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word,
What more could he say, than to you be hath said!
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.
In ev'ry condition, in sickness, in health.
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth.
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strenght ever be.
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismay'd,
I, I am thy God, and will still give the aid,
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand.
Upheald by my righteous omnipotent hand.
When thro' the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of wo shall not thee overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sancify to thee thy deepest distress.
When thro' fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-suficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
E'en down to old age, all my people shall prove
My sov'reign, eternal, unchangeable love,
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.
The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose,
I will not, I will not, desert to his foes;
That soul, tho' all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.