1539. 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 are His own.

5. And I take with joy whatever
Now besets me, pain or fear,
And with a strong will I sever
All the ties which bind me here.

6. Adoration aye 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
Title: Firmly I Believe and Truly
Author: John H. Newman (1865)
Meter: 87.87
Language: English
Source: The Dream of Gerontius, 1865
Copyright: Public Domain
Notes: Alternate tune: STAFFORD, Johann G. C. Störl, arranged by Samuel S. Wesley
Tune Information
Name: SHIPSTON
Composer: Anonymous
Arranger: Ralph Vaughan Williams (1906)
Meter: 87.87
Incipit: 13565 43231 13565
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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