Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal ‎#300

300. Rock of Ages

1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure,
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.

2 Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill Thy law’s demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone.

3 When my pilgrimage I close;
Victor o’er the last of foes,
When I soar 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, Let me hide myself in Thee
• Title: Rock of Ages
• Author: Augustus M. Toplady (1740-1778) alt. (1776)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Publication Date: 1985
• Topic: Gospel: Forgiveness

Tune Information

• Name: TOPLADY
• Composer: Thomas Hastings, (1784-1872) (1830)
• Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
• Incipit: 56531 65123 21717
• Key: B♭ Major

Tune Information:

Alternate tune, GETHSEMANEK< No. 157