DESCRIPTION:
Recording from the 2009 Western Massachusetts Sacred Harp Singing Convention.
www.wmshc.org

Image from the 1860 edition of the Sacred Harp, available online from the Library of Congress.

From www.FaSoLa.org:

Tune: Z. Chambless, 1844

Words: Rippons Selection, 1787
Meter: 11s (11,11,11,11)

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,
Ye who unto Jesus for refuge have fled.

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.