Sunday's Hymn: Reader's Choice

This hymn was chosen by Rosemary, who gave me a list of her favorite hymns. Several of her favorites have already been featured, but this one hasn’t, and it’s a good one that has a couple of affirmations of the imputation of Christ’s righteousness for our justification. Can you find them?

My Hope Is Built (The Solid Rock)

My hope is built on nothing less
Than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame¹,
But wholly trust in Jesus’ Name.

Refrain
On Christ the solid Rock I stand,
All other ground is sinking sand;
All other ground is sinking sand.

When darkness seems to hide His face,
I rest on His unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale,
My anchor holds within the veil.

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.

When He shall come with trumpet sound,
Oh may I then in Him be found.
Dressed in His righteousness alone,
Faultless to stand before the throne.

 —-Edward Mote (Listen.)

¹You’ll find a discussion of the term “sweetest frame” at the old blog. 

Other hymns, worship songs, etc. posted today:

• Give Me the Bible at Above the Clouds
  
• O Young and Fearless Prophet at joythruChrist
• The Collect for the Seventeenth Sunday After Trinity at Magic Statistics
• Heavenly Sunlight at The Happy Wonderer
• Lord’s Day 39, 2007 at The Thirsty Theologian
  
• The Head that Once Was Crowned at Hiraeth
• O Worship the King at Seasoning of the Heart
• Depth of Mercy! Can There Be at Lux Venit
  

Have you posted a hymn this Sunday and I missed it? Let me know by leaving a link in the comments or by emailing me at the address in the sidebar and I’ll add your post to the list. If you’d like to see your favorite hymn featured as a Reader’s Choice hymn, go here and leave a comment. Just tell me your favorite hymn and a little bit about why you like it and I’ll feature your hymn when your turn comes. But you’d better do it soon, because we’re coming to an end of the list of the already suggested favorite hymns!

Comments

[rosemary]

I love this hymn. It became my 'song in the night' years ago, and continues to be my 'default' hymn.

Dressed in His righteousness alone, faultless to stand before the throne! That is very good news to me, to us all. Thank you for posting this wonderful hymn.

[ellen b]

We sang this one in worship this morning. What a great hymn...
blessings.