Sunday Songs...

We sang two of my favorite hymns this morning in church: "How Firm a Foundation" and "Blessed Assurance".  Both have been favorites from childhood, but have become even more precious in the last few years. 

Our hymnal only has the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th verses of "How Firm A Foundation" as found here...I love the additional verses, though!  

How Firm a Foundation

1. 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.
   ~Attributed to John Keith
   
   

I always say I really can't pick a favorite hymn.  There are too many that I love too much!  But if I were pressed and absolutely had to pick an all-time favorite, it would probably be this one.  It was my favorite when I was a little girl, and I love it even more now than I did then...

Blessed Assurance

Blessèd assurance, Jesus is mine!
O what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood.

Refrain

This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long;
This is my story, this is my song,
Praising my Savior, all the day long.

Perfect submission, perfect delight,
Visions of rapture now burst on my sight;
Angels descending bring from above
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.

Refrain

Perfect submission, all is at rest
I in my Savior am happy and blest,
Watching and waiting, looking above,
Filled with His goodness, lost in His love.

~Fanny Crosby

And then just as a "bonus"...another song we sang this morning that I love...

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