SDA Hymnal 522
My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less
Words: Edward MoteMusic: William BradburyTune: Solid RockL.M. with Refrain
1My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
RefrainOn Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
2When darkness seems to veil His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
3His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
4When He shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in Him be found;
Clad in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
- Words
- Edward Mote
- Music
- William Bradbury
- Tune
- Solid Rock
- Meter
- L.M. with Refrain
- Scripture
- 1 Corinthians 3:11; Matthew 7:24-25
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The verse
- Meter
- 8.8.8.8 · as printed
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 79% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABB
Could also be sung to Marion, Landas, Together Let Us Sweetly Live · same meter and stresses; not printed with these words, so try it first.
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