{"id":869,"date":"2011-10-01T22:40:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-02T02:40:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/?p=869"},"modified":"2011-10-01T22:40:52","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T02:40:52","slug":"rock-of-ages-cleft-for-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jdackerman.com\/miscellany\/2011\/10\/01\/rock-of-ages-cleft-for-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Rock of Ages, Cleft for Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m singing the offertory Sunday, doing one of my favorite songs, but with a new melody. \u00a0I wrote about it earlier, in this blog post<\/a>, but the text bears repeating here. \u00a0The lyrical melody line is nothing like what you’ve sung in the past or heard on “Little House On the Prairie” and breathes new life into this text written by Augustus Toplady in 1763. \u00a0That means it was already over 100 years old when sung on the American frontier!<\/p>\n

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
\nLet me hide myself in Thee;
\nLet the water and the blood,
\nFrom Thy wounded side which flowed,
\nBe of sin the double cure,
\nSave from wrath and make me pure.<\/p>\n

All the labors of my hands
\ncould not fill Thy law\u2019s demands;
\nCould my zeal no respite know,
\nCould my tears forever flow,
\nAll for sin could not atone;
\nThou must save, and Thou alone.<\/p>\n

Nothing in my hands I bring,
\nSimply to Thy cross I cling;
\nNaked, come to Thee for dress,
\nHelpless, look to Thee for grace;
\nTo Thy fountain, Lord I fly,
\nWash me Savior, or I die!<\/p>\n

While I draw this fleeting breath,
\nWhen my eyes shall close in death,
\nWhen I soar to worlds unknown,
\nSee Thee on Thy judgement throne,
\nRock of Ages, cleft for me,
\nLet me hide myself in Thee.<\/p>\n

What a prayer the last lines of this hymn should be for each of us: “Rock of Ages, cleft for me, let me hide myself in Thee!”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’m singing the offertory Sunday, doing one of my favorite songs, but with a new melody. \u00a0I wrote about it earlier, in this blog post, but the text bears repeating here. \u00a0The lyrical melody line is nothing like what you’ve sung in the past or heard on “Little House On the Prairie” and breathes new… <\/p>\n

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