African American Heritage Hymnal ‎#385

385. The Solid Rock

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 -
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. [Refrain]

3 His oath, His covenant, His blood
Support me in the whelming floods;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

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. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Title: The Solid Rock
• Author: Edward Mote, 1797-1874
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2001
• Scripture:
  1 Corinthians 10:4
• Topic: Advent: Second; God: His Faithfulness; God: Love and Mercy; Jesus Christ: His Blood; Jesus Christ: His Love and Mercy

Tune Information

• Name: SOLID ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury, 1816-1868
• Meter: LM with refrain
• Key: F Major