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O Rock Of Ages
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Author Horace L. Hastings Horace L. Hastings's bio information - Sorry, we have no information for this author
Composer Hubert Platt Main Hubert Platt Main's bio information August 17, 1839 - October 7, 1925 Born: August 17, 1839, Ridgefield, Connecticut. Died: October 7, 1925, Newark, New Jersey. Son of Sylvester Main, Hubert attended singing school until 1854, when he went to New York City and worked as an errand boy in a wallpaper house. In April 1855, he became an errand boy in the Bristow & Morse piano company. That same year, he helped his father edit the Sunday School Lute songbook by Isaac Woodbury. In 1867, Main was called to fill a position in William Bradbury’s publishing house. Following Bradbury’s death in 1868, the Biglow & Main publishers were formed as its successor. In addition to publishing, Main wrote over 1,000 pieces of music—part song, singing school songs, Sunday School music, hymns, anthems, etc. He also collected music books; in 1891, he sold his collection of over 3,500 volumes to the Newberry Library in Chicago, Illinois, where they were known as the “Main Library.” Main’s works include: * Book of Praise for the Sunday School (with George A. Bell) (New York: Biglow & Main, 1875) * Little Pilgrim Songs (with Mrs. Wilbur F. Crafts) (New York: Biglow & Main, 1884) * Hymns of Praise (with George A. Bell) (New York: Biglow & Main, 1884) * Gems of Song for the Sunday School (with Ira Sankey) (Chicago, Illinois: The Biglow & Main Co., 1901) Sources * Hall, pp. 141-6 * Hughes, pp. 480-1 * McCutchan, p. 299 * Hustad, p. 280 * Nutter, p. 461 Music 1. Blessed Cross of Jesus 2. Blessed Homeland 3. Bright Forever, The 4. Ellesdie 5. Hear, and Live! 6. Hold Thou My Hand 7. Jesus, Jesus Only 8. Jewett 9. Let Me Lean on Thee 10. Little Friends of Jesus 11. My Ain Countrie 12. O My Savior, Hear Me 13. Only Trust the Savior’s Promise 14. Praise the Rock of Our Salvation 15. Save Me at the Cross 16. Tell the Blessed News 17. Thy Word Is a Lamp 18. We’re Traveling Home 19. What a Friend Thou Art to Me! 20. Yes, There Is Pardon for You Source: http://www.cyberhymnal.org/bio/m/a/i/main_hp.html
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Lyrics My weary soul a rest hath found, A rest that will not fail; A sure and certain anch'rage ground In Christ within the vail. I hide me in this refuge strong, From every tempest's blast; And sit and sing until the storm Of wrath is overpast. Ye comfortless and tempest-tost, By sins and woes opprest; Te tempted, troubled, ruined, lost, Come find in Christ your rest. Ye thirsty, from this smitten Rock Life's crystal waters spring; There hide from ev'ry stormy shock, And rest, and drink, and sing. Chorus: O Rock of ages cleft for me, In Thee my soul securely hide; My tow'r of strength, I fly to Thee, And safely there abide.

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