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{ "title": "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord", "author": "", "tune": "Adeste Fideles", "number": "80", "lyrics": "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord,\nIs laid for your faith in his excellent Word!\nWhat more can he say than to you he hath said,\nYou who unto Jesus for refuge have fled?\n\n\"Fear not, I am with thee, O be not dismayed;\nI, I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;\nI'll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,\nUpheld by my righteous, omnipotent hand.\n\n\"When through the deep waters I call thee to go,\nThe rivers of woe shall not thee overflow;\nFor I will be with thee thy troubles to bless,\nAnd sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.\n\n\"When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,\nMy grace, all sufficient, shall be thy supply;\nThe flame shall not hurt thee; I only design\nThy dross to consume, and thy gold to refine.\n\n\"E'en down to old age all my people shall prove\nMy sovereign, eternal, unchangeable love;\nAnd when hoary hairs shall their temples adorn,\nLike lambs they shall still in my bosom be borne.\n\n\"The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose,\nI will not, I will not desert to his foes;\nThat soul, though all hell should endeavor to shake,\nI'll never, no, never, no, never forsake.\"", "first_line": "How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord," }