Firm Stands The Rock

There stands a Rock on shores of time

That rears to Heaven its head sublime.

That Rock is cleft, and they are blest

Who find within this cleft a rest.

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Some build their hopes on the ever drifting sand,

Some on their fame, or their treasure, or their land;

Mine's on a Rock that forever will stand,

Jesus, the "Rock of Ages."

That Rock's a cross, its arms outspread,

Celestial glory bathes its head;

To its firm base my all I bring,

And to the Rock of Ages cling.

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That Rock's a tower, whose lofty height,

Illumed with Heaven's unclouded light,

Opes wide its gate beneath the dome

Where saints find rest with Christ at home.

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