the solid rock

i saw this on another blog and wanted to share. it is amazing to study and know the history behind wonderful hymns. i sometimes make my walk with the Lord so much more complicated than it is...this song sums it all up. thank you, Lord, for being my solid rock!

The Solid Rock

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.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,

All other ground is sinking sand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face,

I rest on His unchanging grace.

In every 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.

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.

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,

All other ground is sinking sand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,

O may I then in Him be found!

Dressed in His righteousness alone,

Faultless to stand before the throne!

On Christ the solid Rock I stand,

All other ground is sinking sand.

All other ground is sinking sand.

In 1797 Edward Mote was born into poverty. Never allowed to have a Bible, he somehow managed to hear the gospel and believe. He grew up to be a skilled carpenter and on his way to work one day, wrote this chorus in his head. Before the day was finished he had written all the verses. That was in 1834. In 1852, he gave up his business and became a preacher until he died in 1873.