Introductory pages - New Creation Teaching Ministry

165 Richard Keen, c. 1787
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,
Who unto the Saviour for refuge have fled?
2. In every condition—in sickness, in health,
In povertyʼs vale, or abounding in wealth,
At home and abroad, on the land, on the sea—
As thy days demand shall thy strength ever be.
3. Fear not, I am with thee, oh, be not dismayed;
For I am thy God, and will still give thee aid;
Iʼll strengthen thee, help thee, and cause thee to stand,
Upheld by My righteous, omnipotent hand.
4. When through the deep waters I call thee to go,
The rivers of sorrow shall not overflow;
For I will be with thee, thy troubles to bless,
And sanctify to thee thy deepest distress.
5. When through fiery trials thy pathway shall lie,
My grace, all-sufficient, shall be thy supply;
The flames shall not hurt thee; I only design
Thy dross to consume and thy gold to refine.
6. Eʼen 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.
7. The soul that on Jesus hath leaned for repose
I will not, I will not desert to its foes;
That soul, though all hell should endeavour to shake,
Iʼll never, no, never, no, never forsake!
166 Geoffrey Bingham, 1919–2009
1. I am not proof against Your love,
I am not strong against Your joy;
Though I am strong against all else,
And though my powers I may employ,
I am not proof against Your love,
Oh Father, Son and Holy Dove.
2. I have not found my powers to be
Strong when the Lord of Hosts draws
near.
His songs of love unsettle me,
And all His hosts dispel my fear;
I am not proof against the love
Of Father, Son and Holy Dove.
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3. My citadel so long was locked,
Lone, grim and firm upon its place,
Until the Lord of Hosts encamped,
And all my powers of sin laid waste.
I proved not proof against the love
Of Father, Son and Holy Dove.
4. My gates were lifted up that day:
My portals broke and opened wide.
The King of glory and His hosts
Flowed in for ever to abide—
The glory of eternal love
Of Father, Son and Holy Dove.