Built On A Rock
- Words:
- Nikolai F. S. Grundtvig, Tr. by Carl Doving
- Music:
- Ludvig M. Lindeman
Sheet music
- 1Built on a rock the church doth stand,Even when steeples are falling;Crumbled have spires in ev’ry land,Bells still are chiming and calling;Calling the young and old to rest,Calling the souls of men distressed,Longing for life everlasting.
- 2Not in our temples made with handsGod, the Almighty, is dwelling;High in the heavens His temple stands,All earthly temples excelling;Yet He who dwells in heav’n aboveDeigns to abide with us in love,Making our bodies His temple.
- 3We are God’s house of living stones,Built for His own habitation;He fills our hearts, His humble thrones,Granting us life and salvation;Were two or three to seek His face,He in their midst would show His grace,Blessings upon them bestowing.
- 4Yet in this house, an earthly frame,Jesus the children is blessing;Hither we come to praise His Name,Faith in our Savior confessing;Jesus to us His spirit sent,Making with us His covenant,Granting His children the kingdom.
In the hymnals
- Written in 1945, the words are in 1 hymnal indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
Words, music and setting are in the public domain. The sheet music and words are from PDHymns.com. The piano is the FluidR3 General MIDI sound font (MIT licence). How many hymnals print a hymn, and when it was written, is from Hymnary.org.