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221. CHRIST THE FOUNDATION

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​Author:  Johann Andreas Rothe, 1727 (1688-1758)​
​Composer:  Unknown

​1. I now have found the firm foundation
    Where evermore my anchor grounds!
    It lay there ere the world’s creation,
    Where else, but in my Saviour’s wounds?
    Foundation which unmov’d shall stay,
    When earth and heaven pass away.
 
2. O depth of love, in which past finding
    My sins through Christ’s blood disappear!
    This is for wounds the safest binding,
    There is no condemnation here.
    For Jesus’ blood thro’ earth and skies
    Forever “Mercy! Mercy!” cries.
 
3. I never will forget this crying,
    In faith I’ll trust it all my days;
    And when o’er all my sins I’m sighing
    I t’ward my Father’s heart will gaze.
    For there is always to be found
    Free mercy without end or bound.
 
4. Though in the best of all my actions,
    In works that are admir’d the most,
    I must perceive great imperfections;
    I surely have no right to boast.
    Yet this sweet comfort doth abide,
    In “Mercy” only I’ll confide.
 
5. Be it with me as He is willing
    Whose mercy is a boundless sea;
    May He, Himself, my heart be stilling,
    That this may ne’er forgotten be.
    So rests my heart in joy and woe
    On mercy while it beats below.
 
6. On this foundation I, unshrinking,
    Will stand, while I on earth remain;
    This shall engage my acting, thinking,
    While I the breath of life retain.
    Then I will sing eternally
    Unfathomed Mercy, still of Thee!

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
    • Zion's Hymns
  • Contact
  • Shop
  • Acknowledgements