Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: How firm a foundation ye saints of the Lord
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Hymn Number: 328
Page Number: 311, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsHOW firm a foundation, ye saints of the
Lord, (word
Is laid for your faith, in his excellent
What more could he say than to you he
hath said?
You who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.
In every condition, in sickness, in health,
In poverty's vale, or abounding in wealth,
At home and abroad, on the land, on the
sea, )strength ever be.
As they days my demand, shall thy
Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dis-
mayed, (aid
I, I am thy God, and will still give thee
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause
thee to stand, (hand.
Upheld by my righteous omnipotent
When thro' the deep waters I call thee
To go, (flow;
The rivers of wo shall not thee over-
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to
Bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
When thro' fiery trials they pathway shall
Lie, (ply;
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy sup-
The flame shall not hurt thee, I only de-
sign (fine.
They dross to consume, and they gold to re-
Even down to old age, all my people
shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love
And when hoary hairs shall their temples
adorn, (be born.
Like lambs they shall still in my bosom
The sould that oft Jesus doth lean for re-
pose,
I will not, I will not, desert to is fees:
That soul tho' all hell should endeavor
to shake,
I'll never, no never, no never forsake.