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[My soul at last a rest hath found]
Appears in 18 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Hubert P. Main Incipit: 55653 42314 61656 Used With Text: O Rock of Ages
[My soul at last a rest hath found]
O Rock Of Ages
Author: Horace L. Hastings Meter: 8.6.8.6.8.8.8.6 Appears in 19 hymnals First Line: My soul at last a rest hath found Refrain First Line: O Rock of Ages cleft for me Lyrics: 1 My soul at last a rest hath found,
A rest that will not fail;
A sure and certain anchorage ground
In Christ within the veil.
Refrain:
O Rock of Ages cleft for me,
In Thee my soul securely hide;
My tower of strength, I fly to Thee,
And safely there abide.
2 I’ll hide me in this refuge strong,
From every stormy blast;
And sit and sing until the waves
Of wrath are overpast. [Refrain]
3 Ye comfortless and tempest tossed,
By sins and woes oppressed;
Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost,
Come find in Christ your rest. [Refrain]
4 Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock
Life’s crystal waters spring;
There hide from every stormy shock
And rest, and drink, and sing. [Refrain] Used With Tune: TARTU Text Sources: Winnowed Songs for Sunday Schools, by Ira D. Sankey (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1890), number 56.
O Rock Of Ages
O ew'ger Felsen
Author: H. L. Hastings; W. R. Appears in 3 hymnals First Line: Gefunden ist der Hafen nun Refrain First Line: O ew'ger Felsen, offne dich Used With Tune: [Gefunden ist der Hafen nun]
O ew'ger Felsen
O Rock of Ages
Author: Rev. H. L. Hastings Hymnal: Winnowed Songs for Sunday Schools #41 (1890) First Line: My soul at last a rest hath found Refrain First Line: O Rock of Ages cleft for me Lyrics: 1 My soul at last a rest hath found,
A rest that will not fail;
A sure and certain anch’rageground
In Christ within the vail.
Chorus:
O Rock of Ages cleft for me,
In Thee my soul securely hide;
My tow’r of strength, I fly to Thee,
And safely there abide.
2 I’ll hide me in this refuge strong,
From every stormy blast;
And sit and sing until the waves
Of wrath are over-past. [Chorus]
3 Ye comfort-less and tempest-tost,
By sins and woes opprest;
Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost,
Come find in Christ your rest. [Chorus]
4 Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock,
Life’s crystal waters spring;
There hide from every stormy shock,
And rest, and drink, and sing. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul at last a rest hath found]
O Rock of Ages
O Rock of Ages
Author: Horace L. Hastings Hymnal: Songs of the Assembly #121 (1916) First Line: My soul at last a rest hath found Refrain First Line: O Rock of Ages cleft for me Lyrics: 1 My soul at last a rest hath found,
A rest that will not fail;
A sure and certain anchorage ground
In Christ within the vail.
Chorus:
O Rock of Ages cleft for me,
In Thee my soul securely hide;
My tower of strength, I fly to Thee,
And safely there abide.
2 I’ll hide me in this refuge strong,
From every stormy blast;
And sit and sing until the waves
Of wrath are over-past. [Chorus]
3 Ye comfort-less and tempest-tost,
By sins and woes opprest;
Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost,
Come find in Christ your rest. [Chorus]
4 Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock,
Life’s crystal waters spring;
There hide from every stormy shock,
And rest, and drink, and sing. [Chorus] Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul at last a rest hath found]
O Rock of Ages
O Rock of Ages
Author: Rev. H. L. Hastings Hymnal: Gems of Song #149 (1901) First Line: My soul at last a rest hath found Refrain First Line: O Rock of Ages cleft for me Lyrics: 1 My soul at last a rest hath found,
A rest that will not fail;
A sure and certain anch’rage ground
In Christ within the vail.
Chorus:
O Rock of Ages cleft for me,
In Thee my soul securely hide;
My tow’r of strength, I fly to Thee,
And safely there abide.
2 I’ll hide me in this refuge strong,
From every stormy blast;
And sit and sing until the waves
Of wrath are over-past. [Chorus]
3 Ye comfort-less and tempest-tost,
By sins and woes opprest;
Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost,
Come find in Christ your rest. [Chorus]
4 Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock,
Life’s crystal waters spring;
There hide from every stormy shock,
And rest, and drink, and sing. [Chorus] Topics: Dependence; Faith; Salvation Languages: English Tune Title: [My soul at last a rest hath found]
O Rock of Ages
Hubert P. Main
1839 - 1925 Composer of "[My soul at last a rest hath found]" in Northfield Hymnal Hubert Platt Main DD USA 1839-1925. Born at Ridgefield, CT, he attended singing school as a teenager. In 1854 he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. The next year he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse Piano Company. He was an organist, choir leader, and compiled books of music. He also helped his father edit the “Lute Songbook” by Isaac Woodbury. In 1866 he married Olphelia Louise Degraff, and they had two sons: Lucius, and Hubert. In 1867 he filled a position at William B Bradbury’s publishing house. After Bradbury’s death in 1868 the Bigelow & Main Publishers were formed as its successor. He also worked with his father until his father’s death in 1873. Contributors to their efforts were Fanny Crosby, Ira Sankey, Wilbur Crafts, and others. In addition to publishing, Main wrote 1000+ pieces of music, including part song, singing school songs, Sunday school music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also arranged music and collected music books. He 1891 he sold his collection of over 3500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, IL, where they were known as the Main Library. Some of his major publications include: “Book of Praise for the Sunday school” (1875), “Little pilgrim songs” (1884), “Hymns of Praise” (`1884), “Gems of song for the Sunday school” (1901), “Quartettes for men’s voices: Sacred & social selections” (1913). In 1922 Hope Publishing Company acquired Bigelow & Main. He was an editor, author, compiler, and composer, as well as publisher. He died in Newark, NJ.
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Hubert P. Main
H. L. Hastings
1831 - 1899 Person Name: Horace L. Hastings Author of "O Rock of Ages" in Hallowed Hymns, New and Old Hastings, Horace Lorenzo, was born at Blandford, Mass., Nov. 26, 1831; commenced writing hymns, and preaching, in his 17th year, and laboured as an evangelist in various parts of the U. S. In 1866 he established The Christian, a monthly paper, in which many of his hymns have appeared, and in 1865 the Scriptural Tract Repository in Boston. He published Social Hymns, Original and Selected, Boston, 1865; Songs of Pilgrimage, a Hymnal for the Churches of Christ, Part i., 1880; and in August, 1886, the same completed, to tho extent of 1533 hymns, 450 of which are original and signed "H." The best known of these is "Shall we meet beyond the river," written in N. Y. city, 1858, and lately published as a leaflet in 14 stanzas of 8 lines. The text in Gospel Hymns and elsewhere consists of the 1st half of stanzas i., iv., xi. and ix. The Hastings Birthday Book, extracts from his prose writings, appeared 1886. [Rev. F. M. Bird, M.A.]
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology
H. L. Hastings
Walter Rauschenbusch
1861 - 1918 Person Name: W. R. Translator of "O ew'ger Felsen" in Evangeliums-Lieder 1 und 2 (Gospel Hymns)
Walter Rauschenbusch
