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Thread #172409   Message #4172871
Posted By: Joe Offer
22-May-23 - 11:10 PM
Thread Name: Origins: How Firm a Foundation (Keith & Keen)
Subject: Origins: How Firm a Foundation (Keith & Keen)
Here's an old standard hymn.

HOW FIRM A FOUNDATION
(George Keith & Robert Keen, 1787)

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 God 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, 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 sorrow shall not overflow;
for I will be near 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 flame 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 its foes;
that soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,
I'll never, no, never, no, never forsake."


Glory to God, 2013

Source: https://hymnary.org/text/how_firm_a_foundation_ye_saints_of

Maddy Prior recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTg8ToOe1FQ

Performance by The Petersens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx4eIr4x5yo