He brought me up…out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock.
Psalm 40:2
Words: Fanny Crosby, in Gems of Song, edited by Ira D. Sankey & Hubert Main (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1901), number 123. Some hymnals give the author as Grace Frances, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Hubert P. Main (🔊 pdf nwc).
Firm on the Rock I stand, Jesus, my Lord,
Held by Thy mighty hand, Jesus, my Lord.
Filled with Thy love divine,
O what a joy is mine!
I am a child of Thine, Jesus, my Lord.
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Jesus, my Lord, Jesus, my Lord,
I am a child of Thine, Jesus, my Lord.
Thou art my constant guest, Jesus, my Lord;
Safe in Thy fold I rest, Jesus, my Lord.
What though a cross I bear?
Bright is the pearl I wear,
Life in Thy life I share, Jesus, my Lord.
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Soon o’er the swelling tide, Jesus, my Lord,
Home on the other side, Jesus, my Lord,
I shall awake with Thee,
Thine through eternity,
Thou that hast died for me, Jesus, my Lord.
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