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How firm a foundation



.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,

you who unto Jesus

for refuge have fled?



.2

Fear not, He is with thee,

O be not dismayed;

for he is thy God,

and will still give thee aid:

He'll strengthen thee, help thee,

and cause thee to stand,

upheld by his righteous,

omnipotent hand.



.3

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,

as thy days may demand

shall thy strength ever be.



.4

When through the deep waters

He calls thee to go,

the rivers of grief

shall not thee overflow;

for he will be with thee

in trouble to bless,

and sanctify to thee 

thy deepest distress.

 

.5

When through fiery trials

thy pathway shall lie,

His grace all-sufficient

shall be thy supply;

the flame shall not hurt thee,

His only design

thy dross to consume

and thy gold to refine.



.6

The soul that on Jesus

has leaned for repose

He will not, He will not,

desert to its foes;

that soul, though all hell

should endeavour to shake,

He'll never, no never,

no never forsake.

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