The Rock That Is Higher Than I
- Words:
- E. Johnson
- Music:
- William G. Fischer
Sheet music
- 1O sometimes the shadows are deep,And rough seems the path to the goal;And sorrows, sometimes how they sweepLike tempests down over the soul.Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I; (is higher than I;)Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I.
- 2O sometimes how long seems the day,And sometimes how weary my feet;But toiling in life’s dusty way,The Rock’s blessed shadow, how sweet!Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I; (is higher than I;)Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I.
- 3O near to the Rock let me keep,Or blessings or sorrows prevail,Or climbing the mountain way steep,Or walking the shadowy vale.Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I; (is higher than I;)Oh, then to the Rock let me fly, (let me fly,)To the Rock that is higher than I.
In the hymnals
- The words are in 333 hymnals 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.