217. Rock of ages, cleft for me
six 7's
Petra:
Richard Redhead, 1853
Toplady:
Thomas Hastings, 1830
Augustus M. Toplady, 1776;
alt., Thomas Cotterill, 1819
Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee; Let the water and the blood From Thy side, a healing flood, Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath, and make me pure. | Should my tears for ever flow, Should my zeal no languor know, All for sin could not atone, Thou must save, and Thou alone; In my hand no price I bring, Simply to Thy cross I cling. | While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eyelids close in death, When I rise to worlds unknown, And behold thee on thy throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee. | |
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