October 2, 2016 (Sunday)
Edward Mote (1797-1874) wrote “The Solid Rock.” He grew up without religious training by parents who were pub owners. He was saved at age 15, became a cabinetmaker, and later a Baptist minister at age 55. He loved hymns and wrote more than 100 of them. One day the words, “On Christ the solid Rock I stand, All other ground is sinking sand” came into his mind, and verses for that chorus were soon written. It was first sung with a family in a home where the wife was very ill. The tune to which we are accustomed was written later. It became popular in America during the Civil War, bringing comfort to many people.
The Solid Rock
Words: Edward Mote, 1834
Music: William B. Bradbury, 1863
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.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
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.
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.
Words: Edward Mote, 1834
Music: William B. Bradbury, 1863
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.
When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.
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.
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.
LISTEN (Maranatha Singers)