Text:Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Author:Augustus M. Toplady
Tune:HOTHAM

367. Rock of Ages, cleft for me

1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!
Let the Water and the Blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save me, Lord, and make me pure.

2 Not the labors of my hands
Can fulfil Thy Law's demands:
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears for ever flow,
All for sin could not atone:
Thou must save and Thou alone!

3 Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy Cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Foul, I to the Fountain fly;
Wash me, Saviour, or I die!

4 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my eyelids close in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee!

Text Information
First Line: Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Author: Augustus M. Toplady (1776, a.)
Meter: 7s.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1890
Topic: The Order of Salvation: Faith and Justification; Sundays in Lent; Lent, Second Sunday (7 more...)
Notes: Alternate tune: #184 or TOPLADY by Hastings (end of hymnal #471a)
Tune Information
Name: HOTHAM
Meter: 7s.
Key: E♭ Major
Notes: Composer from index: Madan



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