Sunday's Hymn: Reader's Choice

This hymn is a favorite of Leslie from Lux Venit. We don’t know for sure who wrote this one, but it was found in John Rippon’s A Se­lect­ion of Hymns from the Best Au­thors.

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.

(Listen.) 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• My Shepherd is the Living Lord at Above the Clouds
• I Am a Poor Wayfaring Stranger  at joythruChrist
• The Collect for the Twelfth Sunday After Trinity at Magic Statistics
• Oh, Wonderful Word! at The Happy Wonderer
• Alas, and Did My Saviour Bleed at Thoughts from the Teahouse
  
• Lord’s Day 34, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
• Hallelujah! What a Savior at Seasonings of the Heart
• Glorious Things of Thee are Spoken at Jam and Books
• He Lives at IMD 2.0
  

Have you posted a hymn this Sunday and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list. If you’d like to see your favorite hymn featured as a Reader’s Choice hymn, go here and leave a comment. Just tell me your favorite hymn and a little bit about why you like it and I’ll feature your hymn when your turn comes. But you’d better do it soon, because we’re coming to an end of the list of the already suggested favorite hymns!