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Text:Firmly I believe and truly
Author:John Henry Newman, 1801-1890
Tune:HALTON HOLGATE
Arranger:Anonymous
Composer:William Boyce, c.1710-1779

230. 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: 8.7.8.7
Language: English
Publication Date: 2010
Topic: General Hymns: God the Father
Tune Information
Name: HALTON HOLGATE
Composer: William Boyce, c.1710-1779
Arranger: Anonymous
Meter: 8.7.8.7
Key: D Major



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