Text: | Rock of ages cleft for me! |
Author: | Augustus M. Toplady |
Tune: | TOPLADY (Rock of Ages) |
Composer: | Thomas Hastings, Mus. Doc. |
1 Rock of Ages, cleft for me!
Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From Thy wounded side that flowe'd,
Be of sin the perfect cure;
Save me, Lord! and make me pure.
2 Should my tears forever flow,
Should my zeal no languor know,
These for sin could not atone;
Thou must save, and Thou alone;
In my hand no price I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling.
3 While I draw this fleeting breath,
When mine eye-lids 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.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Rock of ages cleft for me! |
Author: | Augustus M. Toplady (1775) |
Meter: | 7s. Six lines. No. 9 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1908 |
Topic: | The Catechism: Justification; Fourth Sunday in Lent; First Sunday after Easter |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | TOPLADY (Rock of Ages) |
Composer: | Thomas Hastings, Mus. Doc. (1830) |
Meter: | 7s. Six lines. No. 9 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Notes: | Now Public Domain. |