1. 1. There stands a Rock on shores of time, that rears to heav’n its
head sublime; That Rock is cleft, and they are blest who find within this

2. fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -
cleft a rest:
Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand, some on their
fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -

3. ev - er shall stand, Je - sus, the “Rock of A - ges.”

4. 2. That Rock’s a cross, its arms outspread, Ce - les - tial glo - ry
bathes its head; To its firm base by all I bring, and to the cross of

5. fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -
A-ges cling.
Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand, some on their
fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -

6. ev - er shall stand, Je - sus, the “Rock of A - ges.”

7. 3. That Rock’s a tow’r, whose loft - y height, Il-lumed with heav’n’s un -
clouded light, Opes wide its gates be-neath the dome where saints find rest with

8. fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -
Christ at home.
Some build their hopes on the ever-drifting sand, some on their
fame or their treas-ure or their land; Mine’s on the Rock that for -

9. ev - er shall stand, Je - sus, the “Rock of A - ges.”