Firmly I believe and truly (Samuel Sebastian Wesley)

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  • (Posted 2016-11-24)  CPDL #42031:         
Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2016-11-24).   Score information: A4, 1 page, 29 kB   Copyright: CPDL
Edition notes:
  • (Posted 2007-11-15)  CPDL #15426:         
Contributor: John Henry Fowler (submitted 2007-11-15).  Score information: Letter, 1 page, 19 kB   Copyright: Public Domain
Edition notes: From the Cyber Hymnal™. Note that the score lists the meter as 87. 87. D when, in fact, it is simply 87. 87.

General Information

Title: Firmly I believe and truly
Composer: Samuel Sebastian Wesley
Tune: Stafford
Lyricist: John Henry Newman

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: SacredHymn   Meter: 87. 87

Language: English
Instruments: Organ

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Original text and translations

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1  Firmly I believe and truly
God is Three, and God is One;
And I next acknowledge duly
Manhood taken by the Son.

2  And I trust and hope most fully
In that manhood crucified;
And each thought and deed unruly
Do to death, as He has died.


3  Simply to His grace and wholly
Light and life and strength belong,
And I love supremely, solely,
Him the holy, Him the strong.

4  And I hold in veneration,
For the love of Him alone,
Holy Church as His creation,
And her teachings are His own.


5  And I take with joy whatever
Now besets me, pain or fear,
And with a strong will I sever
All the ties which bind me here.

6  Adoration aye be given,
With and through the angelic host,
To the God of earth and Heaven,
Father, Son and Holy Ghost.