African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#364

364. My Hope Is Built

1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3 His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4 When He shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in Him be found!
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Title: My Hope Is Built
• Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1874
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 3:11
• Topic: The Christian Life: Hope and Aspiration; Ascription

Tune Information

• Name: THE SOLID ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868
• Meter: LM with Refrain
• Key: F Major or modal