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#636 from The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
Tune
Foundation
Metric Index
11 11. 11 11
Key & Modality
G Major
Last five uses
August 28th, 2022 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Entrance Hymn
August 11th, 2019 at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA for the Recessional Hymn
August 27th, 2017 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Gradual Hymn
August 30th, 2015 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Post Communion Hymn
June 27th, 2010 at St. Andrew's Episcopal, Glenmoore, PA for the Communion Hymn
Poem Words (five verses)
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 that for refuge to Jesus have fled?
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?
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.
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 woe shall not thee overflow;
for I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
and sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
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.
4.
"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.
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.
5.
"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."
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."
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Hymn References
Harmonizer
Calvin Hampton 1938-1984
Harmonizer
Eugene W. Hancock b. 1929
Publication Date
1985
Source
K. in John Rippon's Selection 1787
Source
The Sacred Harp 1844
Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)
#796 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord (G Major ) [click to view]#507 in Lutheran Book of Worship / How firm a foundation, O saints of the Lord (G Major ) [click to view]
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