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Lyrics and Information

The Solid Rock

Words by Edward Mote (1797-1874), circa 1834
Tune: SOLID ROCK, by William B. Bradbury, 1863
Key signature: G major (1 sharp)
Time signature: 3/4
Meter: 8.8.8.8.(L.M.) with Refrain
Public Domain
1. My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness: I dare not trust the sweetest frame, But wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
Refrain: On Christ the solid Rock I stand, Rock, I stand: all other ground is sinking sand; all other ground is sinking sand.
2. When darkness veils His lovely face, I rest on His unchanging grace; In ev’ry high and stormy gale, My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ, the solid
3. 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.
4. When He shall come with trumpet sound, O may I then in Him be found: Dressed in His righteousness alone, Faultless to stand before the throne.