There Stands A Rock
- Words:
- S. S. Journal
- Music:
- T. C. O'Kane
Sheet music
- 1There stands a Rock on shores of time,That rears to heav'n its head sublime;That Rock is cleft, and they are blestWho find within this cleft a rest:Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand,Some on their fame or their treasure or their land;Mine's on the Rock that forever shall stand,Jesus, the "Rock of Ages."
- 2That Rock's a cross, its arms outspread,Celestial glory bathes its head;To its firm base my all I bring,And to the cross of Ages cling.Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand,Some on their fame or their treasure or their land;Mine's on the Rock that forever shall stand,Jesus, the "Rock of Ages."
- 3That Rock's a tow'r, whose lofty height,Illumed with heav'n's unclouded fight,Opes wide its gates beneath the dome,Where saints find rest with Christ at home.Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand,Some on their fame or their treasure or their land;Mine's on the Rock that forever shall stand,Jesus, the "Rock of Ages."
In the hymnals
- The words are in 88 hymnals indexed by Hymnary.org. Their history →
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