HS43: Lifespring! HymnStories Rock Of Ages

Published: Jan. 30, 2008, 10:44 p.m.

b'Today we learn about the classic "Rock Of Ages". There\'s a surprising twist at the end of today\'s narrative.
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\\nMusic
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\\nThe London Fox Singers
\\n "Rock Of Ages" (mp3)
\\nfrom "Hymn styles - Down-Home Gospel"
\\n(Classic Fox Records)
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\\nBuy at Napster
\\nMore On This Album
\\nInstrumental music was Jim Fidler\'s "Lillian, A Portrait In Sound".
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\\nRock Of Ages
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\\nLyrics: Augustus M. Toplady
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\\nMusic: Thomas Hastings
\\nRock 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.
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\\nNot the labor of my hands
\\nCan fulfill Thy law\'s demands;
\\nCould my zeal no respite know,
\\nCould my tears forever flow,
\\nAll for sin could not atone;
\\nThou must save, and Thou alone.
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\\nNothing in my hand I bring,
\\nSimply to Thy cross I cling;
\\nNaked, come to Thee for dress;
\\nHelpless, look to Thee for grace;
\\nFoul, I to the fountain fly;
\\nWash me, Savior, or I die.
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\\nWhile I draw this fleeting breath,
\\nWhen my eyes shall close in death,
\\nWhen I rise to worlds unknown,
\\nAnd behold Thee on Thy throne,
\\nRock of Ages, cleft for me,
\\nLet me hide myself in Thee.'