{"slug": "my-hope-is-built-on-nothing-less", "title": "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less", "first_line": "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less", "author": "edward-mote", "author_date": "1834", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Faith", "Jesus Christ"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "cyberhymnal", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Edward Mote, \"The Immutable Basis of a Sinner's Hope\" (\"My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less\"), c. 1834. Text from The Cyber Hymnal; sung to SOLID ROCK (William B. Bradbury, 1863) with the refrain \"On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand.\" All components pre-1931.", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "My hope is built on noth -- ing less Than Je -- sus' blood and right -- eous -- ness;\n      I dare not trust the sweet -- est frame, But whol -- ly lean on Je -- sus' Name.\n      On Christ, the sol -- id Rock, I stand; All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand,\n      All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand.", "prose": ["My hope is built on nothing less", "Than Jesus' blood and righteousness;", "I dare not trust the sweetest frame,", "But wholly lean on Jesus' Name.", "On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;", "All other ground is sinking sand,", "All other ground is sinking sand."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "When dark -- ness veils His love -- ly face I rest on His un -- chang -- ing grace;\n      In ev -- ery high and storm -- y gale, My an -- chor holds with -- in the veil.\n      On Christ, the sol -- id Rock, I stand; All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand,\n      All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand.", "prose": ["When darkness veils His lovely face", "I rest on His unchanging grace;", "In every high and stormy gale,", "My anchor holds within the veil.", "On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;", "All other ground is sinking sand,", "All other ground is sinking sand."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "His oath, His cov -- e -- nant, His blood Sup -- port me in the whelm -- ing flood;\n      When all a -- round my soul gives way, He then is all my hope and stay.\n      On Christ, the sol -- id Rock, I stand; All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand,\n      All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand.", "prose": ["His oath, His covenant, His blood", "Support me in the whelming flood;", "When all around my soul gives way,", "He then is all my hope and stay.", "On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;", "All other ground is sinking sand,", "All other ground is sinking sand."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "When He shall come with trump -- et sound Oh, may I then in Him be found;\n      Dressed in His right -- eous -- ness a -- lone, Fault -- less to stand be -- fore the throne.\n      On Christ, the sol -- id Rock, I stand; All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand,\n      All oth -- er ground is sink -- ing sand.", "prose": ["When He shall come with trumpet sound", "Oh, may I then in Him be found;", "Dressed in His righteousness alone,", "Faultless to stand before the throne.", "On Christ, the solid Rock, I stand;", "All other ground is sinking sand,", "All other ground is sinking sand."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}