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An alternative tune sometimes used is "Melita" by [[John Bacchus Dykes|John B. Dykes]], to which also the hymn "[[Eternal Father, Strong to Save]] also known as the "Navy Hymn"). |
An alternative tune sometimes used is "Melita" by [[John Bacchus Dykes|John B. Dykes]], to which also the hymn "[[Eternal Father, Strong to Save]] also known as the "Navy Hymn"). |
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[[Desperation Band]] have released a song "Solid Rock" which is a completely different song, but also uses the expression in the bridge of the song: "On Christ this solid rock I stand / All other ground is sinking sand". |
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Revision as of 18:11, 8 March 2012
"My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" is a Christian hymn written by Edward Mote, a pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex in the 1850s to 1870s who wrote around 100 hymns, this one being the best known.
The refrain refers to the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders as follows:
On Christ the Solid Rock I stand
All other ground is sinking sand
The metaphor of Christ as a rock is one with a firm basis in Scripture (1 Corinthians 10:4).
The verses are considered as part of "gospel hymns". The first stanza is declaration of God's grace and stanzas 2 and 3 are the application of that grace in times of trouble. In the final stanza, Mote brings his hymn full circle with the ultimate realization of God's grace. There are some variations about the precise words here and there in the lyrics, but in general his text is adhered to.
The hymn became very popular and subject of many interpretations and covers.
It also served as the basis of other hymns like "Solid Rock" that uses the same refrain. At many time both hymns are sung as a medley.
History
The hymn "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" was published anonymously in several hymn collections before first being attributed to Edward Mote in a collection of approximately 100 of his hymns published in 1837 under the title Hymns of Praise, A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, Combining All the Excellencies of our Spiritual Poets, with Many Originals.[1]
Mote's original title for the hymn in this collection was "The Immutable Basis of a Sinner's Hope"
Alternative tunes
The song "Solid Rock" to which Mote's words are most commonly set was composed by William B. Bradbury in 1863.
An alternative tune sometimes used is "Melita" by John B. Dykes, to which also the hymn "Eternal Father, Strong to Save also known as the "Navy Hymn").
In popular culture
Desperation Band have released a song "Solid Rock" which is a completely different song, but also uses the expression in the bridge of the song: "On Christ this solid rock I stand / All other ground is sinking sand".
References
- ^ Keith W. Ward (Spring 1998 (Volume 11:20)). "A Hymn of Grace - "The Solid Rock"". Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
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