Other foundation can no man lay.
1 Corinthians 3:11
Words: Fanny Crosby, in The Gospel Choir No. 2, edited by Ira Sankey et al. (Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Copp, Clark, 1895), number 49. Some hymnals give the author as Lyman G. Cuyler, one of Fanny’s pseudonyms.
Music: Ashkelon Ira D. Sankey, 1895 (🔊 pdf nwc).
We have a firm foundation,
Whose hope is in the Lord;
We have a blessèd haven,
Who anchor in His word;
Though surges break around us,
And clouds our sky may dim,
He will not leave to perish
One soul that clings to Him.
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Give praise to our Redeemer,
O magnify His grace;
Our everlasting portion,
Our sure abiding place.
We have a strong deliverer,
Who trust His mighty arm;
Not all the hosts of darkness
His chosen ones can harm;
His arm that brought salvation
Defends them from above;
They rest within His mercy,
O’ershadowed by His love.
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O love that stooped from Heaven
To lift us up to God,
O love, that to redeem us,
The path of sorrow trod;
Through yonder land of Beulah
Glad harps with rapture ring,
And numbers without number
Its boundless triumph sing.
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