Sunday's Hymn: How Firm a Foundation

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,
You, who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?

In every condition, in sickness, in health;
In poverty’s vale, or abounding in wealth;
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea,
As thy days may demand, shall thy strength ever be.

Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed,
For I am thy God and will still give thee aid;
I’ll strengthen and help thee, and cause thee to stand
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.

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.

When through fiery trials thy pathways 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.

Even 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.

The soul that on Jesus has 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.

—From John Rip­pon’s  Se­lect­ion of Hymns.

Other hymns, worship songs, sermons etc. posted today:

• Update: I Love to Tell the Story at Random Thoughts From a Cluttered Mind
• At Calvary at By Grace Alone
• When I Survey the Wondrous Cross at Gospel Grace
• Beloved, Let Us Love at The Happy Wonderer
• Voices From the Past #7 at Tried With Fire 
• Lord’s Day 7, 2013 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Your Weekly Dose of Spurgeon at Pyromaniacs: The mother of Hell

Have you posted a hymn (or sermon, sermon notes, prayer, etc.) today and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by contacting me using the contact form linked above, and I’ll add your post to the list.

Comments

[Jessica]

This is one of my very favorite hymns. I think I will work on teaching it to my toddler this week :-)
Thank you, again, for putting together this list every Sunday. It is such a blessing.

[Kevin Sorensen]

Rebecca, it's been a while since I've posted about a hymn, but we had such a delightful Sunday singing to our great God and King that I felt compelled to post about it, as well as send you a link. Just can't wait 'til we all gather before the throne in glory to sing all the time!

http://www.aclutteredmind.org/sunday-hymns/

[rebecca]

Hi Kevin,

You're comment got lost in my spam filter, along with several others, and I just discovered it tonight. I've linked, but I'm sorry I missed it until now.