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Building On the Rock

Author: D. E. Dortch Appears in 10 hymnals First Line: On the solid Rock I am building Refrain First Line: On the solid Rock is my building sure Used With Tune: [On the solid Rock I am building]
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[On the solid Rock I am building]

Appears in 5 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: D. E. Dortch Incipit: 55111 34534 43211 Used With Text: Building On the Rock
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Author: D. E. D. Hymnal: Crowning Day No. 3 #55 (1898) First Line: On the solid Rock I am building Refrain First Line: On the solid Rock is my building sure Lyrics: 1 On the solid Rock I am building, And my home will surely stand the storm; Tho’ the tempest rage fierce and madly, All is safe, for it can do no harm. Refrain: On the solid Rock is my building sure, Tho’ the tempest shock, still it is secure. On the solid Rock I am building, And my house will surely stand the storm. 2 On the solid Rock I am building, Precious stones, gold, silver, may all be That I place each day in the temple, I am building for eternity. [Refrain] 3 On the solid Rock I am building, Wood and hay and stubble will not stand For the fires of God will destroy them, His approval they can ne’er command. [Refrain] 4 On the solid Rock I am building, And my work will surely there abide; Then the Lord will say, Faithful servant, A reward awaits you by my side. [Refrain] 5 O my brother, where are you building, Is your house upon the Rock, or sand? When the winds and waves beat upon it, Will it fall in wreck, or will it stand? [Refrain] Languages: English Tune Title: [On the solid Rock I am building]
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Author: D. E. Dortch Hymnal: Dortch's Gospel Voices No. 1 #8 (1900) First Line: On the solid Rock I am building Refrain First Line: On the solid Rock is my building sure Languages: English Tune Title: [On the solid Rock I am building]
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Author: D. E. Dortch Hymnal: Pearls of Paradise #22 (1901) First Line: On the solid Rock I am building Refrain First Line: On the solid Rock is my building sure Languages: English Tune Title: [On the solid Rock I am building]
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D. E. Dortch

1851 - 1928 Person Name: D. E. D. Author of "Building on the Rock" in Crowning Day No. 3 Born: March 5, 1851, The­ta, Ten­nes­see. Died: No­vem­ber 9/11, 1928, Ten­nes­see. Buried: Rose Hill Cem­e­te­ry, Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see. Dortch was teach­ing mu­sic in Mau­ry, Ten­ness­ee, in 1880, and was work­ing as an evan­gel­ist by 1886. His works in­clude: Tid­ings of Joy (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: 1878) National Tid­ings of Joy (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1878) Gospel Mel­o­dies, with Will­iam Dale & Charles Pol­lock (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Cum­ber­land Pres­by­ter­ian Pub­lish­ing House, 1890) Spirit and Life, with Ed­mund Lo­renz (Day­ton, Ohio: Chris­tian Pub­lish­ing As­so­ci­a­tion, 1893) Choice Songs (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: Na­tion­al Bap­tist Con­ven­tion of Amer­i­ca, 1894) Gospel Voic­es (Nash­ville, Ten­nes­see: South-West­ern Pub­lish­ing House, 1895) Gospel Voic­es No. 3 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Da­vid E. Dortch, 1902) Hymns of Vic­to­ry, Parts 1 and 2 (Co­lum­bia, Ten­nes­see: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1905) Happy Greet­ings to All (Char­lotte, North Car­o­li­na: Dortch Pub­lish­ing Com­pa­ny, 1916) © Cyber Hymnal™ (www.hymntime.com/tch)
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