BEHOLD the sure foundation-stone

Charles Spurgeon (1834-1892)

4 Verses Church & Community Salvation Assurance

Verse 1

BEHOLD the sure foundation-stone To build our heavenly hopes upon, And His eternal praise.

Verse 2

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

Verse 3

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

Verse 4

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