The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#515

515. My hope is built on nothing less

1 My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus’ blood and righteousness;
no merit of my own I claim,
but wholly trust in Jesus’ name.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand,
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 and will not fail. [Refrain]

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

4 When the last trumpet's voice shall sound,
O may I then in Him be found,
clothed in His righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne! [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1874 (alt.)
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock I stand
• Meter: LM and Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Notes: Now Public Domain (tune)

Tune Information

• Name: ST CATHERINE
• Composer: Henri Frederick Hémy, 1818-1888
• Harmonizer: David Evans, 1874-1948
• Meter: LM and Refrain
• Key: G Major
• Source: Harm.: The Revised Church Hymnary, 1927
• Copyright: Harm. by permission of Oxford University Press