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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

DENNIS (Nägeli)

Lowell Mason (PHH 96) arranged DENNIS and first published it in The Psaltery (1845), a hymnal he compiled with George. Webb (PHH 559). Mason attributed the tune to Johann G. Nageli (b. Wetzikon, near Zurich, Switzerland, 1773; d. Wetzikon, 1836) but included no source reference. Nageli presumably pu…

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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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Timeline

Media

The Cyber Hymnal #11701
  • PDF (PDF)
  • Noteworthy Composer Score (NWC)

Instances

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A Collection of Hymns for the use of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church in America #791

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A Selection of Spiritual Songs #744

A. M. E. C. Hymnal #475

A.M.E. Hymnal #d176

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African Methodist Episcopal hymn and tune book #207b

Compilation of Hymns for the Use of the Churches of the Christian Union #d341

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Crown of Life #156g

Faith Hymns #d63

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Faith Hymns (New ed.) #49

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Hymns and Tunes #144

Hymns for Use in Divine Worship ... Seventh-Day Adventists #d527

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Hymns of the "Jubilee Harp" #a297

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Hymns of the Church Militant #479

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #369

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New Christian Hymn and Tune Book #369

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New Hymn and Tune book #217c

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New Hymn and Tune Book #217c

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Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs #915

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Songs for the Sanctuary; or, Psalms and Hymns for Christian Worship (Words only) #917

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Songs for the Sanctuary #917

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Songs for the Sanctuary #917

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Songs for the Sanctuary #917

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Songs of the Church #545

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Songs of Victory #175

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d380

The Advent Christian Hymnal #d186

The Advent Christian Hymnal. Rev. #d158

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The African Methodist Episcopal Hymn and Tune Book #207b

The American Hymn and Tune Book #d331

The Christian Harmony #30B

The Christian Harmony #d163

The Christian Lyre #d182

The Church of God Selection of Spiritual Songs for the Church and Choir #d399

TextScoreAudio

The Cyber Hymnal #11701

The Good Old Songs #d265

The Good Old Songs #678

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The Harp #614

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The Harp. 2nd ed. #a614

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The Heart and Voice #246a

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The Jubilee Harp #297

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The New Jubilee Harp #222

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The New Jubilee Harp #292

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The New Jubilee Harp #222

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The New Jubilee Harp #292

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #274

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The Presbyterian Hymnal #274

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The Reformed Church Hymnal #570

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The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book #735

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The Tribute of Praise and Methodist Protestant Hymn Book #386

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The Tribute of Praise #386

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The Tribute of Praise #386

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