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ROCK OF AGES, CLEFT FOR ME
Augustus M. Toplady
(1776) Thomas Hastings (1830)
Rock of Ages, cleft
for me,
Let me hide my-self
in Thee;
Let the water and
the blood,
From Thy riven side
which flowed,
Be of sin the double
cure,
Cleanse me from its
guilt and power.
Not the labors of my
hands
Can fulfil Thy law’s
demands;
Could my zeal no
respite known,
Could my tears
forever flow,
All for sin could
not a tone;
Thou must save, and
Thou a lone.
While I draw this
fleeting breath,
When my eyelids
close in death,
When I soar to
worlds unknown,
See Thee on Thy
judgment throne,
Rock of ages, cleft
for me,
Let me hide my self
in Thee.
Author: Augustus M. Toplady,
1740-1778
Augustus Montague Toplady was
born at Farnham, England on November 4th 1740, the son of
a Major Richard Toplady, who died in service when Augustus was an
infant. He accepted
Christ at the age of 16. Later he graduated from Trinity College in
Dublin, Ireland. He was ordained in 1762 to the ministry of the
Anglican Church. He was
a deeply spiritual evangelical leader.
Rock
of ages is one of the most popular hymns ever written.
1n 1776, Toplady published this hymn in The Gospel Magazine.
He entitled the
hymn, “A Living and Dying Prayer for the Holiest Believe in the
World”.
He
died of overwork and tuberculosis at the age of thirty-eight.
“His
last words were,’ my heart beats every day stronger and stronger
for glory. Sickness is
no affliction. Pain no
cause, death itself no dissolution…. My prayers are now all
converted into praise.’”
Composer:
Thomas Hastings, 1784-1872
A
well-known American Church musician, Thomas Hastings in 1830,
composed the tune of this hymn.
Hastings was born on Oct. 15th 1784 at Washington,
Connecticut. His formal
music training was meager and being an albino, he was afflicted with
eye problems throughout his life; yet his contribution to church
music is huge, with no less than 50 volumes to his credit.
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