Hymn of the Week: My Favorite from Junior High

The Solid Rock

Sung by Benny Hester

This song inspired my older sister and me so much that we performed it in church as teenagers with one of our youth leaders, Melanie, accompanying us on guitar.  My sis had this hymn in her wedding.  In moments of despairing self-introspection and guilt, The SOLID Rock words flood my mind and heart with HOPE.  When legalism rears its ugly head, these words reveal the only hope we have, Christ Jesus, our all-sufficiency.  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.

The Solid Rock, words by Edward Mote, 1834

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.

2. When darkness veils His lovely 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.

3. His oath, His covenant, and blood
Support me in the whelming flood;
When every earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my Hope and Stay.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

4. When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh, may I then in Him be found,
Clothed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.