Scripture Verse

The rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. Matthew 7:25

Introduction

Words: Lou­is E. Hol­comb, in His Wor­thy Praise, by Ed­mund Lo­renz & Ira B. Wil­son (Day­ton, Ohio: Lo­renz Pub­lish­ing, 1915), num­ber 61.

Music: Ed­mund S. Lo­renz (🔊 pdf nwc). Some hym­nals show the com­pos­er as John D. Cres­well, one of Lo­renz’ pseu­do­nyms.

If you know where to get a good pho­to of Hol­comb (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

portrait
Edmund S. Lorenz (1854–1942)

Lyrics

In mo­ments of doubt and of tri­als se­vere,
And of sor­rows so hard to en­dure;
This thought to my heart
Bringeth com­fort and cheer:
The foun­da­tion of God stand­eth sure.

Refrain

Sure! Sure! Sure, ev­er sure!
The foun­da­tion of God stand­eth sure!
No mat­ter what forc­es of ev­il abound,
God’s king­dom shall ev­er en­dure!

O wea­ry one, be not dis­cour­aged by doubt,
For the king­dom of God is se­cure;
Though Sa­tan in bold­ness
God’s pow­ers may flout,
The foun­da­tion of God stand­eth sure.

Refrain

In tri­umph the an­gels are sing­ing the strain,
In the hea­ven­ly realms of the pure,
While child­ren of earth
Join the migh­ty re­frain,
The foun­da­tion of God stand­eth sure.

Refrain