The New Christian Hymnal ‎#141

141. 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.

Refrain:
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand,
All other ground is sinking sand.

2. When darkness veils His lovely face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev'ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil. [Refrain]

3. His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support me in the whelming flood;
When all around my soul gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay. [Refrain]

4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found;
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne. ]Refrain]

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: My hope is built on nothing less
• Title: My Hope is Built
• Author: Rev. Edward Mote (1834, arr.)
• Refrain First Line: On Christ the solid rock I stand
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 with Refrain
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929
• Topic: Salvation: Atonement

Tune Information

• Name: SOLID ROCK
• Composer: William B. Bradbury
• Meter: 8 8 8 8 with Refrain
• Incipit: 51353 32234 44217
• Key: G Major