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How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord

637

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

11 11. 11 11

Modality

G Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Composer (desc.)

Lois Fyfe [b. 1927]

Composer (melody attr.)

Johann Michael Haydn [1737-1806]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Source

K. in John Rippon's Selection [1787]

Last Five Uses

• Used on Jun 16, 2024 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 03, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 08, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Mar 05, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Oct 17, 2021 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Five verses)

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 that for refuge to Jesus have fled?

"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.

"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;
for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.

"When through fiery trials thy pathway 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.

"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
that soul, though all hell shall endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake."