Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1828
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: How firm a foundation
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: PM
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Hymn Number: Song 2
Page Number: 082, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW firm a foundation,
Ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith
In his excellent word!
What more can he say,
Than to you he 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,
So thy succor shall be:
"Fear not, I am with thee;
"O be not dismay'd!
"I, I am thy God,
"And will still give thee aid;
"I'll strengthen thee, help thee,
"And cause thee to stand,
"Upheld by my righteous,
"Omnipotent hand.
"When through the deep waters
"I cause thee to go,
"The rivers of sorrow
"Shall not thee over flow;
"For I will be with thee
"Thy troubles to bless,
"And sanctify to thee
"Thy deepest distress.
"When through fiery trials
"Thy path-way shall lie,
"My grace, all sufficient,
"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
"Hath lean'd for repose,
"I will not, I cannot,
"Desert to his foes;
"That soul, though all hell
"Should endeavor to shake,
"I'll never-no, never-
"No, never forsake."