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Text: | Rock of ages, cleft for me |
Author: | Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 |
Tune: | TOPLADY |
Composer: | Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 |
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;
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
2 Not the labours of my hands
can fulfill thy law's demands;
could my zeal no respite know,
could my tears forever flow,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone.
3 Nothing in my hand I bring,
simply to the 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 shall close in death,
when I soar through tracts unknown,
see thee on thy judgment throne,
rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rock of ages, cleft for me |
Title: | Rock of ages, cleft for me |
Author: | Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: | ; ; |
Topic: | Church Year: Good Friday; Death; Repentance(5 more...) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Notes: | Alternate tune: REDHEAD 76 (PETRA) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TOPLADY |
Composer: | Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 |
Meter: | 7 7 7 7 7 7 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |