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Believers Hymn Book · No. 345 · Words: William O. Cushing · Tune: Security ("Hiding in Thee" without chorus)
O safe to the rock that is higher than I
Create PowerPoint slides from this hymn →A hymn of refuge and trust written by William O. Cushing in 1876, expressing the soul's desire to hide in Christ as the 'Rock of Ages' amid life's trials and temptations.
Verse 1
O safe to the rock that is higher than I
My soul in its conflicts and sorrows would fly;
So sinful, so weary, Thine, Thine would I be;
Thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in Thee.
Chorus
Hiding in Thee, hiding in Thee,
Thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in Thee.
Verse 2
In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow's lone hour,
In times when temptation casts o'er me its power;
In the tempest of life, on its wide, heaving sea,
Thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in Thee.
Chorus
Hiding in Thee, hiding in Thee,
Thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in Thee.
Verse 3
How oft in the conflict, when pressed by the foe,
I have fled to my refuge, and breathed out my woe;
How often, when trials like sea-billows roll,
Have I hidden in Thee O Thou rock of my soul.
Chorus
Hiding in Thee, hiding in Thee,
Thou blest Rock of Ages I'm hiding in Thee.
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