A Collection of Hymns and A Liturgy ‎#119

119. Now have I found the ground wherein

1 Now I have found the ground wherein
Sure my soul’s anchor may remain:
The love of God forgiving sin,
Through Jesus crucified and slain.
His mercy shall unshaken stay,
When heav'en and earth have pass'd away.

2 Father! thine everlasting grace
Our scanty thought surpasses far;
Thine heart still melts with tenderness,
Thy arms of love still open are,
And Jesus' blood, through earth and skies,
Mercy, free, boundless mercy, cries.

3 Tho' waves and storms go o’er my head,
Tho' strength and health and friends be gone,
Tho' joys be wither'd all and dead,
Tho' every comfort be withdrawn,
On this my steadfast soul relies,
Father, thy mercy never dies.

4 Fix'd on this ground will I remain,
Tho' my heart fail and flesh decay.
This anchor shall my soul sustain,
When earth’s foundations melt away.
Mercy’s full pow'r I then shall prove,
Lov'd with an everlasting love.

Text Information

• First Line: Now have I found the ground wherein
• Meter: P. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1814
• Topic: Office and Mediation of Christ

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