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How Firm a Foundation

FOUNDATION 11.11.11.11 A-flat majorIntermediate

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  1. How 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, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
  2. “Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed, for 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.”
  3. “When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of sorrow shall not overflow; for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless, and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.”
  4. “When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie, My grace, allsufficient, shall be thy supply. The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.”
  5. “The soul that on Jesus still leans for repose, I will not, I will not desert to its foes. That soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!”

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Credits

Words
K—, 1787
Music
American folk melody associated with Joseph Funk, 1832
Setting
Union Harmony, 1837