The Solid rock

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

chorus:
on Christ, the solid rock, i stand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
all other ground is sinking sand.

when darkness seems to hide his face,
i rest on his unchanging grace.
in ev'ry high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

chorus:
on Christ, the solid rock, i stand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
all other ground is sinking sand

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.

chorus:
on Christ, the solid rock, i stand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
all other ground is sinking sand

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!

chorus:
on Christ, the solid rock, i stand;
all other ground is sinking sand.
all other ground is sinking sand
 

words:  edward mote, 1834
music: william b. bradbury, 1863