360. 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 Adoration ay be given,
With and through the angelic host,
To the God of earth and heaven,
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Firmly I believe and truly
Author: John Henry Newman, 1801-90
Meter: 87 87
Language: English
Publication Date: 1986
Notes: Alternative tune HALTON HOLGATE 3b
Tune Information
Name: SHIPSTON
Harmonizer: R. V. W.
Meter: 87 87
Key: E♭ Major
Source: Warwickshire Ballad
Copyright: Harm. By permission of Oxford Univeristy Press (from "English Hymnal")



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