SDA Hymnal 300
Rock of Ages
Words: Augustus Montague TopladyMusic: Thomas HastingsTune: Toplady7.7.7.7.7.7
1Rock 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.
2Not the labors 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.
3When 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.
- Music
- Thomas Hastings
- Tune
- Toplady
- Meter
- 7.7.7.7.7.7
- Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 10:4; John 19:34
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The verse
- Meter
- 7.7.7.7.7.7 · as printed
- Foot
- trochaic (DUM-da) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABCDE
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