How Firm A Foundation

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How firm a foundation, ye saints of 
the Lord,
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Is laid for your faith in His 
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excellent Word!
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What more can He say than to you 
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He hath said

Who unto the Savior,Who unto the 
Savior,
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Who unto the Savior, for refuge 
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have fled?



In every condition, -- in sickness, 
in health,
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In poverty's vale, or abounding in
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 wealth,
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At home and abroad, on the land, 
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or the sea, --

As thy days may demand, As thy days 
may demand,
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As thy days may demand, So thy 
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succor shall be.



Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not
 dismayed,
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For I am thy God and will still 
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give thee aid;
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I'll strengthen thee, help thee, 
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and cause thee to stand,

Upheld by My righteous, Upheld by My
 righteous,
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Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent
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 hand.


When through the deep waters I call 
thee to go,
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The rivers of sorrow shall not 
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overflow;
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For I will be with thee thy 
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troubles to bless

And sanctify to thee, And sanctify 
to thee,
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And sanctify to thee, thy deepest 
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distress.


When through fiery trials thy 
pathway shall lie,
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My grace, all-sufficient, shall be
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 thy supply.
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The flames shall not hurt thee; I 
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only design

Thy dross to consume, Thy dross to 
consume,
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Thy dross to consume, and thy gold
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 to refine.


E'en down to old age all My people 
shall prove
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My sovereign, eternal, 
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unchangeable love;
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And when gray hairs shall their 
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temples adorn,

Like lambs they shall still, Like 
lambs they shall still,
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Like lambs they shall still in My 
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bosom be borne.


The soul that on Jesus hath leaned 
for repose
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I will not, I cannot, desert to 
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his foes;
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That soul, though all hell should 
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endeavor to shake,

I'll never, no never, I'll never, no
 never,
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I'll never, no never, no never, 
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forsake!