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243 How firm a foundation

MONTGOMERY 11 11 11 11 Words: ‘K’ in Rippon’s Selection, 1787 altd.
Music: probably Samuel Jarvis (d 1785)

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you who un - to Je - sus for re - fuge have fled?

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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,
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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