Hymns for Today ‎#59

59. Are You Building On the Rock?

1 Are you building on the Rock,
High above the sandy beach,
Where no sudden wave can shock,
Where no beating tide can reach?

Refrain:
Are you hearing and obeying?
Are you working, watching, praying?
Tell me, does your dwelling stand
On the rock, or on the sand?

2 Like the tides years come and go;
Tell me, are you very sure
That they will not overthrow
Much that seemed at first secure? [Refrain]

3 Lay with patience, faith and pray’r
Your foundations, deep and wide;
Build thereon with watchful care,
Far above the angry tide. [Refrain]

Text Information

• First Line: Are you building on the Rock
• Title: Are You Building On the Rock?
• Author: Jessie Brown Pounds
• Refrain First Line: Are you hearing and obeying
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1920
• Scripture:
  Matthew 7:24-28

Tune Information

• Name: [Are you building on the Rock]
• Composer: J. H. Fillmore