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Hymns of My Youth: The Solid Rock

And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew and slammed against that house; and yet it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.

—Matthew 7:25

This is one of my favorite choir hymns. The Concordia tune is How Fair the Church, in my opinion, a very beautiful tune, but definitely not chipper enough for today’s 7-eleven singers. Unfortunately, I can’t find a recording online. The tunes below are the traditional Solid Rock, and my favorite, Melita.

283 My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less

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.

When darkness seems to veil His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace;
In ev’ry high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil;
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

His oath, His covenant, His blood,
Support 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.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found;
Dress’d in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.
On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

—The Concordia Hymnal (Augsburg Publishing House), 1960.

Solid Rock