Timeless Truths ‎#78

78. 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 veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every 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 (1834)
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8
• Scripture:
  Matthew 7:25-26
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (51); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (325)

Tune Information

• Name: SOLID ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury (1863)
• Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8.8
• Key: F Major
• Source: Timeless Truths (http://library.timelesstruths.org/music/The_Solid_Rock); Faith Publishing House, Evening Light Songs, 1949, edited 1987 (51); The Gospel Trumpet Company, Select Hymns, 1911 (325)