634b. Firmly I believe and truly

1 Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three and God is One;
and I next acknowledge duly
manhood taken by the Son.

2 And I trust and hope most fully
in that manhood crucified;
and each thought and deed unruly
do to death, as he has died.

3 Simply to his grace and wholly
light and life and strength belong,
and I love supremely, solely,
him the holy, him the strong.

4 And I hold in veneration,
for the love of him alone,
Holy Church as his creation,
and her teachings as his own.

5 Adoration ay be given,
with and through the angelic host,
to the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

Text Information
First Line: Firmly I believe and truly
Author: John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Meter: 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ;
Topic: Adoration; Belief; Church: nature of (8 more...)
Tune Information
Name: SHIPSTON
Harmonizer: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958)
Collector: John Alexander Fuller Maitland (1856-1936)
Meter: 87 87
Source: Melody from English County Songs 1893
Copyright: Harmonisation: From The English Hymnal, 1906, Reproduced by permission of Oxford University Press. All rights reserved.



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