Author: Authorship doubtful Appears in 2,138 hymnals Topics: Afflictions Furnace of; Afflictions Floods of; Christ Abiding with Believers; Christ Deliverer; The Godhead Holy Scripture; Deliverer, Christ our; Fire Of Affliction; Floods, of affliction; Foundation Promises a ; God Promises of; Grace Sufficient; Jesus (See also Christ) Refuge; Old Age; Presence, of Christ Of God; Promises of God; Sorrow Personal; Soul Saving the Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,
Is laid for your faith in His excellent Word!
What more can He say, than to you He hath said,
To you who for refuge to Jesus have fled?
2 "Fear not, I am with thee; O be not dismayed!
For I am thy God, I will still give thee aid;
I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My gracious, omnipotent hand.
3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee thy trials to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
4 "When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flame shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.
5 "E'en down to old age all My people shall prove
My sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;
And when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,
Like lambs they shall still in My bosom be borne.
6 "The soul that on Jesus doth lean for repose,
I will not--I will not desert to his foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake!" Used With Tune: ADESTE FIDELES
How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
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