The Lord is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer.
Psalm 18:2
Words: Horace L. Hastings, in Winnowed Songs, by Ira D. Sankey (Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1890), number 41.
Music: Tartu Hubert P. Main, 1890 (🔊 pdf nwc).
My soul at last a rest hath found,
A rest that will not fail;
A sure and certain anchorage ground
In Christ within the veil.
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O Rock of Ages cleft for me,
In Thee my soul securely hide;
My tower of strength, I fly to Thee,
And safely there abide.
I’ll hide me in this refuge strong,
From every stormy blast;
And sit and sing until the waves
Of wrath are overpast.
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Ye comfortless and tempest tossed,
By sins and woes oppressed;
Ye tempted, troubled, ruined, lost,
Come find in Christ your rest.
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Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock
Life’s crystal waters spring;
There hide from every stormy shock
And rest, and drink, and sing.
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