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About Numbered Notation

Numbered Notation (also called Jianpu, 简谱) writes each melody note as a number from 1 to 7 instead of a note on a staff. The number shows the note's position in the song's scale -- not its exact pitch -- so the same tune looks identical no matter what key it's sung in.

Within one octave, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 correspond to the familiar do re mi fa sol la ti. A dot above a number raises it an octave higher; a dot below lowers it an octave lower -- no dot means the middle, as-written octave.

A plain number lasts one beat. A dash (-) right after a number holds that same note for one more beat. A line underneath a number shortens it instead -- one line is half a beat, two lines a quarter of a beat. A 0 is a rest: silence for one beat.

The label at the top of the sheet, like "1=C" or "1=Ab", shows which pitch scale degree 1 ("do") is tuned to. A song in a minor key is labeled "6=X" instead -- scale degree 6 ("la") is the true tonic. Chord names printed above the notes (like "C" or "G7") always use their familiar letter names, never numbers.

For example, under a "1=C" heading, the numbers 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 sound as C D E F G A B. Under a "1=G" heading, those very same numbers sound as G A B C D E F# instead -- same shape, different key.

Will your anchor hold in the storms of life

Assurance and Joy of Salvation Secured by Divine Provisions

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Will your anchor hold in the storms of life,
When the clouds unfold their wings of strife?
When the strong tides lift, and the cables strain,
Will your anchor drift or firm remain?
 
We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Stedfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.
2
It is safely moored, ’twill the storm withstand,
For ’tis well secured by the Savior’s hand;
And the cables passed from His heart to mine,
Can defy the blast, through strength divine.
3
It will firmly hold in the straits of fear,
When the breakers have told the reef is near;
Though the tempest rave and the wild winds blow,
Not an angry wave shall our bark o’erflow.
4
It will surely hold in the floods of death,
When the waters cold chill our latest breath;
On the rising tide it can never fail,
While our hopes abide within the veil.

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Jim Colville

Guildford, Surrey, United Kingdom

Aug 19, 2024

I learned it as a kid in The Band Of Hope in Scotland, it still resonates in my heart any time I feel down it cheers me up

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Ogedengbe Nathaniel

Akure, Ondo, Nigeria

Jun 16, 2024

We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Stedfast and sure while the billows roll,
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior’s love.

This is true. Though I passed through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil.

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Christian Fashu- Johnson

Freetown, Sierra Leone

May 28, 2024

I love the hymn when I saw in school Methodist Boys High School. Freetown, Sierra Leone.

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Lindsay Parks

Indiana, PA, United States

Apr 26, 2024

The word used for "anchor" is only used once in the AV/KJV version of the Bible, and it refers to the eternal security provided by our Savior, the first MAN in Heaven. THAT is the veil through which He passed, and there He Himself has anchored the very hope of our souls. What a blessed security, and reassuring hope in the terrible storms of life. "We have an anchor, that keeps the souls...!"

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Anonymous

Apr 19, 2024

Nice song follow Christ_saves us

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Blessed Blessing

Kumba, South West, Cameroon

Mar 3, 2024

There are different anchors like money, fame, wealth, bank account etc. these all will fail but we have an anchor that keeps the soul, steadfast and sure while the billows roll, fastened to the rock which cannot move, grounded firm and deep in the saviour's love.

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Adebola

Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria

Feb 29, 2024

This song keep my faith strong in the storms of life... God bless the writer

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Priceless

Dec 29, 2023

Will your mooring hold even through the raging wave of waters, will you be secure in the saviours hands? Absolutely. Beautiful song

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Prophet Joshua K Essandoh

Ghana, Greater Accra

Oct 8, 2023

I really loved this Song

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Janice

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Sep 18, 2023

This song that keep me when I lost my 2 son's in 2016 I use this song for my strength and I give testimony about this songs strengthened me Amen

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