====== #67 - Rock of Ages ======
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/*-20note-*//*-hymn-*/
  *Composer:
    *++Thomas Hastings|{{search>"Thomas Hastings" @cobs}}++ (1784-1872), 1830
  *Title variations:
    *Rock of Ages Cleft for Me
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  *++Lyrics:|\\
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;\\
Save from wrath and make me pure.\\
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Not the labor of my hands\\
Can fulfill Thy law's demands;\\
Could my zeal no respite know,\\
Could my tears forever flow,\\
All for sin could not atone;\\
Thou must save, and Thou alone.\\
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Nothing in my hand I bring,\\
Simply to the cross I cling;\\
Naked, come to Thee for dress;\\
Helpless look to Thee for grace;\\
Foul, I to the fountain fly;\\
Wash me, Savior, or I die.\\
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While I draw this fleeting breath,\\
When my eye-strings break in death,\\
When I soar to worlds unknown,\\
See Thee on Thy judgment throne,\\
Rock of Ages, cleft for me,\\
Let me hide myself in Thee.\\
\\
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    *++Augustus Montague Toplady|{{search>"Augustus Montague Toplady" @cobs}}++ (1740-1778), 1776