Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship ‎#190

190. The Solid Rock

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 seems to hide his face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In ev'ry 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,
Oh, 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: The Solid Rock
• Author: Edward Mote (1824)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2024
• Scripture:
  Romans 5:1
• Topic: Trinity Sunday
• Notes: Text by Baptist pastor Edward Mote, from The Spiritual Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 8 (ca. Dec. 1824), alt. in John Rees’ Collection (1826) and elsewhere.

Tune Information

• Name: SOILD ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1864)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8 with refrain
• Incipit: 51353 322
• Key: F Major or modal
• Notes: Tune SOLID ROCK by American composer-compiler William B. Bradbury, from The Golden Censer (1864).