Hymnal for Church and Home ‎#209

209. My Hope Is Built

1 My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
But wholly lean on Jesus' name:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2 When darkness seems to veil His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev'ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil;
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

3 His oath, His covenant, and blood,
Support me in the whelming flood:
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay:
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Title: My Hope Is Built
• Author: E. Mohr (1834)
• Refrain First Line: On Christ, the solid rock, I stand
• Meter: 8s. 7L.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1927
• Topic: Trust and Confidence

Tune Information

• Name: [My hope is built on nothing less]
• Composer: W. B. Bradbury, 1816-68
• Meter: 8s. 7L.
• Key: G Major