My Hope is Built

UMC # 368

Scripture Meditations

Matthew 7:24-27  "Therefore whoever hears these sayings of Mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man who built his house on the rock: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it did not fall, for it was founded on the rock.  But everyone who hears these sayings of Mine, and does not do them, will be like a foolish man who built his house on the sand: and the rain descended, the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house; and it fell. And great was its fall."

My hope is built on nothing less
than Jesus' blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame,
but wholly lean on Jesus' name.

On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When Darkness veils his lovely face,
I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
my anchor holds within the veil.

On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, his covenant, his blood
supports me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way,
he then is all my hope and stay.

On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found!
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!
 
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand;
all other ground is sinking sand.

lyrics by Edward Mote  1834

music by William B. Bradbury 1863

Edward Mote was in the cabinetry business when he was influenced by John Hyatt, a local pastor.  Eventually, Mote became a Baptist pastor and served 26 years at Horsham, Sussex, England.

William Bradbury wrote many melodies associated with such familiar songs as He Leadeth Me, My Latest Sun Is Sinking Fast, Sweet Hour of Prayer, and Jesus Loves Me.