Author:		Samuel Medley, 1738-1799
Musician:		John Hatton, c. 1710-1793

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On Christ, salvation rests secure;
The Rock of Ages must endure;
Nor can that faith be overthrown
Which rests upon the "Living Stone."

No other hope shall intervene;
To Him we look, on Him we lean;
Other founda tions we disown,
And build on Christ, the "Living Stone."

In Him it is ordained to raise
A temple to Jehovah's praise,
Composed of all His saints,
who own No Saviour but the "Living Stone."

View the vast building, see it rise:
The work how great! the plan how wise!
O wondrous fabric! pow'r unknown:
That rests it on the "Living Stone."

But most adore His precious name:
His glory and His grace proclaim!
For us, the lost, condemned, undone,
He gave Himself, the "Living Stone."