Text: | Firmly I believe and truly |
Author: | John Henry Newman, 1801-90 |
Tune: | SHIPSTON |
Harmonizer: | R. V. W. |
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 | |
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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 | |
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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") |