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Title: Rock of Ages
Author: A. M. Toplady
Release Date: November 17, 2008 [EBook #26874]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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Rock of Ages
COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY CUPPLES & LEON COMPANY NEW YORK
The Lord is my rock and my fortress. 2 Sam. XXII 2.
Rock of ages cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee;
Let the water and blood, From thy riven side which flow'd,
Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power.
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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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hile I draw this fleeting breath, hen my eyelids close in death, hen I soar thro' tracts unknown