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Toplady

Rock of ages, cleft for me

685

The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal)

Metric Index

77. 77. 77

Modality

B♭ Major

15-Pitch Humming Index

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Author

Augustus Montague Toplady [1740-1778 (alt.)]

Composer

Thomas Hastings [1784-1872]

Language

English

Publication Date

1985

Last Five Uses

• Used on Jun 29, 2025 10:30 as the Recessional Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Jan 21, 2024 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Aug 27, 2023 10:30 as the Sermon Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on May 07, 2023 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA
• Used on Feb 13, 2022 10:30 as the Entrance Hymn at St. Mark's Episcopal, Honeybrook, PA

Poem Words (Three verses)

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,
cleanse me from its guilt and power.

Should my tears for ever flow,
should my zeal no languor know,
all for sin could not atone;
thou must save, and thou alone;
in my hand no price I bring,
simply to thy cross I cling.

While I draw this fleeting breath,
when mine eyelids close in death,
when I rise to worlds unknown
and behold thee on thy throne,
Rock of ages, cleft for me,
let me hide myself in thee.