Que Firme Alicerce

Representative Text

1 Que firme alicerce, ó santos do Senhor,
Tereis pela fé em Jesus, o Salvador!
O Mestre querido vos há de guiar,
Ó vos que por Cristo viveis a lutar.

2 Na vida ou na morte, no fausto ou na dor,
Quer pobres ou ricos tereis o seu amor.
No mar ou na terra, em todo lugar,
De todo perigo vos há de livrar.

3 Se Deus é convosco, a quem temereis?
Ele é vosso Deus, seu auxílio tereis.
Se o mundo vos tenta, se o mal faz tremer,
Com mão poderosa vos há de suster.

4 E quando torrentes tiverdes que passar,
O rio do mal não vos poderá tragar,
Pois ele, que pode a tormenta acalmar,
Seus santos queridos virá resgatar.

5 Se provas de fogo tiverdes que passar,
Tereis sua graça a vos amparar.
A chama não pode o fiel consumir
Mas queima a escória e o ouro faz surgir.

6 Passando-se os anos, vós santos, provareis
O amor soberano do grande Rei dos Reis
E quando, enfim, esta vida findar,
Bem junto a Cristo ireis habitar.

7 A alma que em Cristo confiante repousar,
A seus inimigos não há de se entregar.
Embora que o inferno a queira destruir,
Deus nunca, oh nunca, o há de permitir.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #15212

Author: John Rippon

Rippon, John, D.D., was born at Tiverton, Devon, April 29, 1751, and was educated for the ministry at the Baptist College, Bristol. In 1773 he became Pastor of the Baptist church in Carter Lane, Tooley Street (afterwards removed to New Park Street), London, and over this church he continued to preside until his death, on Dec. 17, 1836. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him in 1792 by the Baptist College, Providence, Rhode Island. Dr. Rippon was one of the most popular and influential Dissenting ministers of his time. From 1790 to 1802 he issued the Baptist Annual Register, a periodical containing an account of the most important events in the history of the Baptist Denomination in Great Britain and America during that period, and very val… Go to person page >

Translator: Anonymous

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Text Information

First Line: Que firme alicerce, ó santos do Senhor
Title: Que Firme Alicerce
English Title: How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord
Author: John Rippon
Translator: Anonymous
Language: Portuguese
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

FOUNDATION (American)

The anonymous tune FOUNDATION first appeared in Joseph Funk's A Compilation of Genuine Church Music (1832) as a setting for this text (there it was called PROTECTION). The tune was also published with the text in Southern Harmony and Sacred Harp. The ancestors of Joseph Funk (b. Lancaster County, PA…

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