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8709 | The Cyber Hymnal#8710 | 8711 |
Text: | The Rock And The Sand |
Author: | Henry R. Trickett |
Tune: | [On what are you building, my brother] |
Composer: | James Holmes Rosecrans |
Media: | MIDI file |
1 On what are you building, my brother,
Your hopes of an eternal home?
Is it loose shifting sand, or the firm solid rock,
You are trusting for ages to come?
Refrain:
Hearing and doing, we build on the rock;
Hearing alone, we build on the sand;
Both will be tried by the storm and the flood;
Only the rock the trial will stand.
2 On one or the other, my brother,
You are building your hopes day by day;
You are risking your soul on the works that you do,
Will the dark waters sweep you away? [Refrain]
3 Your Savior has warned you, my brother,
I pray you give heed to His voice;
There is life on the rock, but death on the sand;
Oh, brother, pray tell me your choice. [Refrain]
4 No matter how careful, my brother,
The sand for your house you prepare;
’Twill be all swept away when the floods shall descend,
And you be left perishing there. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On what are you building, my brother |
Title: | The Rock And The Sand |
Author: | Henry R. Trickett (1878) |
Refrain First Line: | Hearing and doing, we build on the rock |
Language: | English |
Source: | The Helping Hand by William T. Giffe and James H. Rosecrans (Cincinnati: George D. Newhall, 1878) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [On what are you building, my brother] |
Composer: | James Holmes Rosecrans |
Key: | A♭ Major |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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MIDI file: | MIDI |
Noteworthy Composer score: | Noteworthy Composer Score |