{"id":3595,"date":"2022-11-08T12:47:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2026-06-06T12:54:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T12:54:22","slug":"a-safe-stronghold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3595","title":{"rendered":"A safe stronghold"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/purechocolate.org.uk\/\/music_other\/EinFesteBurgBach.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A safe stronghold our God is still<br>A trusty shield and weapon;<br>He&#8217;ll help us clear from all the ill<br>That hath us now o&#8217;ertaken.<br>The ancient prince of hell<br>Hath risen with purpose fell;<br>Strong mail of craft and power<br>He weareth in this hour;<br>On earth is not his fellow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With force of arms we nothing can,<br>Full soon were we downridden;<br>But for us fights the proper Man,<br>Whom God himself hath bidden.<br>Ask ye, who is this same?<br>Christ Jesus is his name.<br>The Lord Sabaoth&#8217;s Son;<br>He, and no other one,<br>Shall conquer in the battle<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">And were this world all devils o&#8217;er,<br>And watching to devour us,<br>We lay it not to heart so sore;<br>Nor they can overpower us.<br>And let the prince of ill<br>Look grim as e&#8217;er he will,<br>He harms us not a whit:<br>For why? his doom is writ;<br>A word shall quickly slay him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">God&#8217;s Word, for all their craft and force,<br>One moment shall not linger,<br>But, spite of hell, shall have its course;<br>&#8216;Tis written by His finger,<br>and though they take our life,<br>Goods, honour, children, wife,<br>Yet is their profit small;<br>These things shall vanish all;<br>The city of God remaineth.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Words and music: Martin Luther 1483-\u20201546; Translation: Thomas Carlyle 1793-\u20201851; Harmony: JS Bach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Found on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott,_BWV_303_(Johann_Sebastian_Bach)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CPDL<\/a>. Other versions of Ein feste Burg may also be found\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott,_BWV_303_(Johann_Sebastian_Bach)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cpdl.org\/wiki\/index.php\/Ein_feste_Burg_ist_unser_Gott,_BWV_302_(Johann_Sebastian_Bach)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coco&#8217;s alternative set of words is <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/?p=3589\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A safe stronghold our God is stillA trusty shield and weapon;He&#8217;ll help us clear from all the illThat hath us now o&#8217;ertaken.The ancient prince of hellHath risen with purpose fell;Strong mail of craft and powerHe weareth in this hour;On earth is not his fellow. With force of arms we nothing can,Full soon were we downridden;But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,13,16,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-faith","category-music","category-poetry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3595"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3596,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3595\/revisions\/3596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.purechocolate.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}