The Riven Rock

Behold the rock, the smitten rock

Author: Mary D. James
Tune: [Behold the Rock, the smitten rock]
Published in 6 hymnals

Audio files: MIDI

Representative Text

1 Behold the Rock, the smitten rock!
Within its rifted side
I’ve found a blessed refuge, where
I may securely hide.

Refrain:
O, the Rock, the Rock, the riven Rock!
My Saviour crucified;
No other shelter is secure
But Jesus’ wounded side.

2 Tho’ thund’ring Sinai’s terrors sound
Appalling to the ear,
Concealed within the cleft, I’m safe:
No danger will I fear. [Chorus]

3 Jesus, dear refuge of my soul!
My hope, my joy, my rest;
Confiding in Thy changeless love,
I am supremely blest. [Chorus]

4 My peace, unbroken by life’s storms,
While I in Christ abide,
My spirit rests in sweetest calm,
As in the Cleft I hide. [Chorus]


Source: Gospel Praise Book.: a collection of choice gems of sacred song suitable for church service, gospel praise meetings, and family devotions. (Complete ed.) #3

Author: Mary D. James

Mary Dagworthy Yard James USA 1810-1883. Born at Trenton, NJ, she began teaching Sunday school at age 13 in the Methodist Episcopal Church. She married Henry B James, and they had four children: Joseph, Mary, Ann, and Charles.. She became a prominent figure in the Wesleyan Holiness movement of the early 1800s, assisting Phoebe Palmer (also a hymnist) and often leading meetings at Ocean Grove, NJ, and elsewhere. She wrote articles that appeared in the “Guide to holiness”, “The New York Christian advocate”, “The contributor”, “The Christian witness:, “The Christian woman”, “The Christian standard”, and the “Ocean Grove record”. She wrote a biography of Edmund J Yard entitled, “The soul winner” (1883). She… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Behold the rock, the smitten rock
Title: The Riven Rock
Author: Mary D. James
Language: English
Refrain First Line: O, the rock, the rock the riven rock
Copyright: Public Domain

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Gospel Praise Book #3

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Gospel Praise Book. #3

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Sunday School Anthem and Chorus Book #91

Temperance Glee Book. Enlarged ed. #d4

The Dominion Hymnal #31

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The Gem of Gems #41

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