Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: There stands a Rock on shores of time
Topic: Christ/Rock
Writer: <no first name given> S S Journal
Composer: T O'Kane
Meter: LM with chorus
Tune: The Foundation-Stone
Hymn Number: 561
Page Number: 203, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsTHERE stands a Rock, on shores of time,
That rears to heaven its head sublime;
That Rock is cleft, and they are blest
Who find within this cleft a rest.
CHO.-Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand,
Some on their fame or their treasure or their land;
Mine's on the Rock that forever shall stand,
Jesus, the "Rock of Ages."
That Rock's a cross, its arms outspread,
Celestial glory bathes its head;
to its firm base my all I bring,
And to the Cross of Ages cling.-Cho.
That Rock's a Tower, whose lofty height,
Illumed with heaven's unclouded light,
Opes wide its gates beneath the dome,
Where saints find rest with Christ at home.-Cho.