Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1853
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: How firm a foundation you saints of the Lord
Topic: Afflictions
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 11s
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 55
Page Number: 171, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW firm a foundation, you saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in his excellent word!
What more can he say than to you he has 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 your days may demand, so your succor shall be.
Fear not--I am with you; O be not dismay'd!
I, I am your God, and will still give you aid;
I'll strengthen you, help you, and cause you to stand,
Upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.
When through the deep waters I cause you to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not you o'erflow;
For I will be with you your troubles to bless,
And sanctify to you your deepest distress.
When through fiery trials your pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be your supply:
The flame shall not hurt you; I only design
Your dross to consume, and your 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 has lean'd for repose,
I will not, I cannot desert to his foes;
That soul, tho' all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never--no, never--no, never forsake!