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Text:Rock of ages, cleft for me
Author:A. M. Toplady
Author:J. Cotterill
Tune:REDHEAD NO. 76
Composer:R. Redhead

336a. Rock of ages, cleft for me

1 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.

2 Should my tears forever flow,
Should my zeal no langour 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.

3 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: A. M. Toplady
Author: J. Cotterill
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1894
Topic: General; Burial of the Dead; Lent (2 more...)
Tune Information
Name: REDHEAD NO. 76
Composer: R. Redhead
Meter: 7.7.7.7.7.7.
Key: D Major



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