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How firm a foundation

Meter: 11.11.11.11 Appears in 2,131 hymnals First Line: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord Lyrics: 1 How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord, is laid for your faith in God's excellent word! What more can be said than to you hath been said, to you that for refuge to Jesus have fled? 2 "Fear not, I am with thee; oh be not dismayed! For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid; I'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand upheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand. 3 "When through the deep waters I call thee to go, the rivers of woe shall not thee overflow, for I will be with thee, thy troubles 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 flames shall not hurt thee; I only design thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine. 5 "The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose I will not– I will not– desert to his foes; that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake, I'll never– no, never– no, never forsake!" Topics: Commitment; God Presence of; God Guardian / Help; God Faithfulness of; One Life in Christ Faith; Patience / Perseverance; Suffering Used With Tune: ST. DENIO Text Sources: K in Rippon's Selection of Hymns 1787

Simply trusting every day

Author: Edgar Page Stites, 1836-1921 Meter: 7.7.7.7 with refrain Appears in 284 hymnals Refrain First Line: Trusting as the moments fly Lyrics: 1 Simply trusting every day, trusting through a stormy way, even when my faith is small, trusting Jesus, that is all. Refrain: Trusting as the moments fly, trusting as the days go by; trusting him whate'er befall, trusting Jesus, that is all. 2 Brightly doth his Spirit shine into this poor heart of mine; while he leads I cannot fall, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] 3 Singing, if my way be clear, praying, if the path be drear, if in danger for him call, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] 4 Trusting him while life shall last, trusting him till earth be past, till within the jasper wall, trusting Jesus, that is all. [Refrain] Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Storm; Trust Scripture: Matthew 8:23-27 Used With Tune: TRUSTING JESUS

Fight the good fight

Author: John Samuel Bewley Monsell, 1811-1875 Appears in 484 hymnals First Line: Fight the good fight with all your might Lyrics: 1 Fight the good fight with all your might; Christ is your strength and Christ your right; lay hold on life, and it shall be your joy and crown eternally. 2 Run the straight race through God's good grace; lift up your eyes and seek God's face; the way of life before you lies; Christ is the path and Christ the prize. 3 Cast care aside; lean on your guide; his boundless mercy will provide; trust, and your trusting soul shall prove Christ is its life and Christ its love. 4 Faint not, nor fear, those arms are near, and, changing not, still hold you dear; hope and believe, and you shall find Christ is your all: heart, strength and mind. Topics: One Life in Christ Faith; Strength; Struggle Scripture: Deuteronomy 20:3 Used With Tune: PENTECOST

My shepherd is the King of love

Author: Henry Williams Baker, 1821-1877 Meter: 8.7.8.7 Appears in 677 hymnals Topics: Canticles and Scripture Paraphrases; Comfort / Consolation; Cross; Death; Feast / Food; Jesus Christ Shepherd; One Life in Christ Love; Water Scripture: Isaiah 43:1 Used With Tune: DOMINUS REGIT ME

All the way my Saviour leads me

Author: Fanny J. Crosby, 1820-1915 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 319 hymnals Lyrics: 1 All the way my Saviour leads me; what have I to ask beside? Can I doubt his tender mercy who through life has been my guide? Heavenly peace, divinest comfort, here by faith in him to dwell; for I know, whate’er befall me Jesus doeth all things well. 2 All the way my Saviour leads me, cheers each winding path I tread, gives me grace for every trial, feeds me with the living bread. Though my weary steps may falter, and my soul athirst may be, gushing from the rock before me lo, a spring of joy I see. 3 All the way my Saviour leads me, oh the fullness of his love! Perfect rest to me is promised in my Father’s house above. When my spirit, clothed immortal, wings its flight to realms of day, this my song through endless ages, "Jesus led me all the way!" Topics: Guidance; Mercy; One Life in Christ Love; Rest; Rock; Thirst Scripture: John 6:51 Used With Tune: ALL THE WAY

Happy the home when God is there

Author: Henry Ware, the younger, 1794-1843 Appears in 84 hymnals Lyrics: 1 Happy the home when God is there, and love fills every breast, when one their wish, and one their prayer, and one their heavenly rest. 2 Happy the home where Jesus' name is sweet in every ear, where children early lisp his fame, and parents hold him dear. 3 Happy the home where prayer is heard and praise is wont to rise, where parents love the sacred word that makes us truly wise. 4 Lord, let us in our homes agree, this blessed peace to gain; unite our hearts in love to thee, and love to all will reign. Topics: Family; Home; One Life in Christ Love; Peace; Prayer / Prayers / Poems Scripture: Psalm 127 Used With Tune: ST. AGNES, DURHAM

More love to thee

Author: Elizabeth Prentiss, 1818-1878; Margaret Clarkson, 1915- Meter: 10.10.6.6.4.4 Appears in 820 hymnals First Line: More love to thee, O Christ, more love to thee Lyrics: 1 More love to thee, O Christ, more love to thee: hear thou the prayer I make on bended knee; this is my earnest plea: more love, O Christ, to thee; More love to thee, more love to thee! 2 Through all that life may bring– joy, grief or pain, work out thy perfect plan– true heavenly gain; only create in me more love, O Christ, to thee, more love to thee, more love to thee! Topics: Choruses and Meditative Songs; One Life in Christ Love Used With Tune: MORE LOVE TO THEE

O holy city, seen of John

Author: Walter Russell Bowie, 1882-1969 Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.6 Appears in 89 hymnals Lyrics: 1 O holy city, seen of John, where Christ, the Lamb, doth reign, within whose foursquare walls shall come no night, nor need, nor pain, and where the tears are wiped from eyes that shall not weep again! 2 Hark, how from men whose lives are held more cheap than merchandise, from women struggling sore for bread, from little children's cries, there swells the sobbing human plaint that bids thy walls arise. 3 Oh shame to us who rest content while lust and greed for gain in street and shop and tenement wring gold from human pain, and bitter lips in blind despair cry “Christ hath died in vain!” 4 Give us, O God, the strength to build the city that hath stood too long a dream, whose laws are love, whose crown is servanthood, and where the sun that shineth is God’s grace for human good. 5 Already in the mind of God that city riseth fair: lo, how its splendour challenges the souls that greatly dare– yea, bids us seize the whole of life and build its glory there. Topics: City / City of God; Jesus Christ Lamb of God; One Life in Christ Justice; Our Hope in God; Servant / Service; Social Concerns / Social Justice; Vision / Dream Scripture: Hebrews 11:10 Used With Tune: MORNING SONG Text Sources: Hymns of the Christian Life, 1910, alt.

Lord, whose love

Author: Albert F. Bayly, 1901-1984 Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 50 hymnals First Line: Lord, whose love through humble service Topics: Compassion; Love; One Life in Christ Justice; Servant / Service; Vision / Dream; Worship Scripture: Isaiah 58:6-9 Used With Tune: BEACH SPRING

Lead on, eternal Sovereign

Author: Ernest Warburton Shurtleff, 1862-1917 Meter: 7.6.7.6 D Appears in 397 hymnals Topics: Church Covenant People of God; Commitment; Jesus Christ Kingship / Reign; One Life in Christ Peace; Patience / Perseverance; Prayer / Prayers / Poems; Profession of Faith; Struggle Used With Tune: LANCASHIRE