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Text:Behold the sure Foundation-stone
Author:I. Watts

18. Behold the sure Foundation-stone

1 BEHOLD the sure Foundation-stone
Which God in Zion lays,
To build our heavenly hopes upon,
And His eternal praise.

2 Chosen of God, to sinners dear,
And saints adore the name;
They trust their whole salvation here,
Nor shall they suffer shame.

3 The foolish builders, scribe and priest,
Reject it with disdain;
Yet on this Rock the Church shall rest
And envy rage in vain.

4 What though the gates of hell withstood;
Yet must this building rise:
’Tis Thine own work, Almighty God,
And wondrous in our eyes.

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First Line: Behold the sure Foundation-stone
Author: I. Watts
Language: English
Publication Date: 1911
Topic: General Hymns; The Church
Notes: Public Domain.
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