No. 271

My Hope Is Built On Nothing Less

Words by Edward Mote


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.

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

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.

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.

When I shall launch in worlds unseen,
O may I then be found in Him,
dressed in His righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne.


Main tune

"Solid Rock" - William B. Bradbury