Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me
Words: Augustus M. Toplady, 1776
Music: Thomas Hastings, 1830

Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee
Let the water and the blood
From Thy wounded side which flowed
Be of sin the double cure,
Save from wrath and make me pure

Could my tears forever flow
Could my zeal no languor know
Not the labor of my hands
Could fulfill Thy law's demands
All for sin can not atone --
Thou must save, and Thou alone.

Nothing in my hand I bring
Simply to Thy cross I cling
Naked, come to Thee for dress;
Helpless look to Thee for grace
Foul, I to Thy fountain fly
Wash me, Savior, or I die

While I draw this final breath
When my eyes shall close in death (actually written: 'when my eyestrings break in death')
When I soar to worlds unknown,
And behold Thee on Thy throne,
Rock of Ages, cleft for me
Let me hide myself in Thee


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