Hymnal: New Christian Hymn and Tune Book
Date: 1882
Compiler: Fillmore Brothers
Publisher/Printer: Fillmore Brothers
First Line: Rock of Ages cleft for me
Topic: Christ/Rock
Writer: A Toplady
Composer: Thomas Hastings
Meter: 7s six lines
Tune: Rock of Ages
Hymn Number: 600
Page Number: 226, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsROCK of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee;
Let the water and the blood,
From thy riven side which flowed,
Be of sin the double cure-
Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
Not the labor of my hands
Can fulfill the law's demands;
Could my zeal no respite know,
Could my tears forever flow,
All for sin could not atone-
Thou must save, and thou alone.
Nothing in my hand I bring;
Simply to the cross I cling;
Naked, come to thee for dress;
Helpless, look to thee for grace;
Foul, I to the fountain fly;
Wash me, Saviour, or I die.
While I draw this fleeting breath,
When my heart-strings break in death,
When I soar to worlds unknown,
See thee on thy judgment throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.