Upon the Rock

Upon the Rock, the solid Rock I'm building, day by day

Author: Ida M. Budd
Tune: [Upon the Rock, the solid Rock]
Published in 3 hymnals

Author: Ida M. Budd

Ida M. Budd was born in 1859 in a log cabin in Saginaw County, Michigan. When she was three years old her parents moved to Milford, Michigan. She loved nature and books. She decided to be a school teacher, receiving her teaching certificate when she was fifteen. Her first poem was published in 1881. She is known for her poems for children. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Singers and Their Songs: sketches of living gospel hymn writers" by Charles Hutchinson Gabriel (Chicago: The Rodeheaver Company, 1916) Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Upon the Rock, the solid Rock I'm building, day by day
Title: Upon the Rock
Author: Ida M. Budd
Language: English
Refrain First Line: Upon the Rock, the solid Rock
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances

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Bright Melodies #31

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Gospel Song-Gems No.1 #178

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The New Living Hymns (Living Hymns No. 2) #200

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