The Sure Foundation

Representative Text

1 In every trying hour
My soul to Jesus flies;
I trust in his almighty power
When swelling billows rise.

2 His comforts bear me up;
I trust a faithful God;
The sure foundation of my hope
Is in my Saviour's blood.

3 Loud hallelujahs sing
To our Redeemer's name;
In joy or sorrow, life or death,
His love is still the same.

Source: The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book: for use in divine worship #735

Author: Coombs

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Text Information

First Line: In every trying hour
Title: The Sure Foundation
Author: Coombs
Meter: 6.6.8.6
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

GERAR


ST. THOMAS (Williams)

ST. THOMAS is actually lines 5 through 8 of the sixteen-line tune HOLBORN, composed by Aaron Williams (b. London, England, 1731; d. London, 1776) and published in his Collection (1763, 1765) as a setting for Charles Wesley's text "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" (570). The harmonization is by Lowell Maso…

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