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How Firm a Foundation

Words in a book by John Ribbon, 1787, Attributed to John Keene, Kirkham, or John Keith
Tune: FOUNDATION, by Joseph Funk, 1832. Alternate tune: ADESTE FIDELES (O Come All Ye Faithful) by John F. Wade, 1751
Key signature: A flat major (4 flats)
Meter: 11.11.11.11.
Time signature: 4/4
Bible passages: Joshua 1; Isaiah 41:10, 43:2; Psalms 37:25, 69:2, 14; Daniel 3; 2 Corinthians 4:7-8; Hebrews 13:5; 1 Peter 4:12
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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 has said, to you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2. “Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed, for I am thy God— I 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.”
4. “When through fiery trials thy pathways 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.”
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 should endeavor to shake, I’ll never, no never, no never forsake!”