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Text:Rock of Ages
Author:Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778
Tune:TOPLADY
Composer:Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872

184. Rock of Ages

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,
Save from wrath and make me pure.

2 Could my tears forever flow,
Could my zeal no languor know,
These 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 eyes shall 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
First Line: Rock of ages, cleft for me
Title: Rock of Ages
Author: Augustus M. Toplady, 1740-1778
Language: English
Publication Date: 1970
Topic: Blood of Christ; Passion and Cross
Tune Information
Name: TOPLADY
Composer: Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872
Key: B♭ Major



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