The Hymnal ‎#217a

217a. Rock of ages, cleft for me

Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood
From Thy side, a healing flood,
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath, and make me pure.

Should my tears for ever flow,
Should my zeal no languor know,
All for sin could not atone,
Thou must save, and Thou alone;
In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling.

While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eyelids close in death,
When I rise to worlds unknown,
And behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in Thee.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Rock of ages, cleft for me
• Author: Augustus M.Toplady (1776)
• Alterer: Thomas Cotterill (1819)
• Meter: Six 7's
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1916
• Topic: Sundays after Trinity: Faith; Visitation; Parochial Missions

Tune Information

• Name: PETRA
• Composer: Richard Redhead (1853)
• Meter: Six 7's
• Incipit: 11234 43112 3221
• Key: D Major