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Text:Il Est Un Roc Séculaire
Author:Lewis Hartsough
Translator:Ruben Saillens
Tune:[Il est un roc séculaire]
Composer:Lewis Hartsough
Media:MIDI file

13974. Il Est Un Roc Séculaire

1 Il est un roc séculaire,
Que Dieu, pour mon coeur lassé,
Comme un abri tutélaire,
Au sein des flots a placé.

Refrain:
Mon rocher, ma forteresse,
Mon asile protecteur,
Mon recours dans la détresse,
C’est Jésus, le Rédempteur.

2 À mes pieds l’océan gronde,
Le vent siffle autour de moi:
Sur Christ, mon rocher, se fonde
Mon espérance et ma foi. [Refrain]

3 En vain l’ouragan fait rage
Et nulle clarté ne luit;
Paisible au sein de l’orage,
J’attends l’aube après la nuit. [Refrain]

4 Au milieu de la tourmente,
Cet abri, l’as-tu trouvé?
Ah! saisis la main puissante
De Jésus qui m’a sauvé. [Refrain]

Text Information
First Line: Il est un roc séculaire
Title: Il Est Un Roc Séculaire
English Title: Lead me to the rock that's higher
Author: Lewis Hartsough (1878)
Translator: Ruben Saillens
Refrain First Line: Mon rocher, ma forteresse
Language: French
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: [Il est un roc séculaire]
Composer: Lewis Hartsough
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: Public Domain



Media
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MIDI file: MIDI
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