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 wounded side which flowed,
be of sin the double cure,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.
2 Should my tears for ever flow,
should my zeal no languor know,
all for sin could not atone:
thou must save, and thou alone;
in my hand no price I bring,
simply to thy cross I cling.
3 While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyelids close in death,
when I rise to worlds unknown
and behold thee on thy 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 |
Author: | Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 (alt.) |
Meter: | 77. 77. 77 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1985 |
Topic: | The Christian Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TOPLADY |
Composer: | Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872 |
Meter: | 77. 77. 77 |
Key: | B♭ Major |