MY HOPE IS BUILT
(The Solid Rock)
"The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat
against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation
on the rock." Matthew 7:25-26
Words: Edward Mote, 1834:
Music: "Solid Rock," William Batchelder Bradbury, 1863.
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly trust in Jesus' name.
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On Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
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His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
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When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
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Here are Mote's original lyrics:
Nor earth, nor hell, my soul can move
I rest upon unchanging love;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name.
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On Christ the solid rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand.
My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness
'Midst all the hell I feel within,
On his completed work I lean.
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When darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest upon unchanging grace;
In every rough and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
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His oath, his covenant, and his blood,
Support me in the sinking flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
Refrain I trust his righteous character,
His council, promise, and his power;
His honor and his name's at stake
To save me from the burning lake.
Refrain When I shall launch in worlds unseen,
O may I then be found in him,
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
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