{"slug": "rock-of-ages", "title": "Rock of Ages", "first_line": "Rock of Ages, cleft for me, Let me hide", "author": "augustus-montague-toplady", "author_date": "1854", "foot": "iambic", "meter": {"pattern": [7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7], "doubled": false, "refrain": false, "alleluia": false, "irregular": false}, "topics": ["Assurance", "Atonement", "Baptism", "Christian Life"], "scripture": ["Ephesians 2:1-10", "Romans 3:10-31", "Galatians 4:1-25", "Luke 6:47-49"], "provenance": {"layer": "text", "source": "oh-source-1931", "source_kind": "open_encoding", "pd_basis": "pub_pre_1931", "pd_evidence": "Open Hymnal X:188; all components published pre-1931 (latest year 1854).", "pd_jurisdictions": {"US": true}, "hymnary_ids": {"text_auth": "rock_of_ages_cleft_for_me_let_me_hide", "total_instances": 3201}}, "stanzas": {"1": {"syllabified": "Rock of Ag -- es, cleft for me, Let me hide my -- self in Thee; Let the wa -- ter and the blood, From Thy wound -- ed side which flowed, Be of sin the dou -- ble cure; Save from wrath and make me pure.", "prose": ["Rock of Ages, cleft for me,", "Let me hide myself in Thee;", "Let the water and the blood,", "From Thy wounded side which flowed,", "Be of sin the double cure;", "Save from wrath and make me pure."]}, "2": {"syllabified": "Not the la -- bor of my hands Can ful -- fill Thy law's de -- mands; Could my zeal no res -- pite know, Could my tears for -- ev -- er flow, All for sin could not a -- tone; Thou must save, and Thou a -- lone.", "prose": ["Not the labor of my hands", "Can fulfill Thy law's demands;", "Could my zeal no respite know,", "Could my tears forever flow,", "All for sin could not atone;", "Thou must save, and Thou alone."]}, "3": {"syllabified": "Noth -- ing in my hand I bring, Simp -- ly to the cross I cling; Na -- ked, come to Thee for dress; Help -- less look to Thee for grace; Foul, I to the foun -- tain fly; Wash me, Sav -- ior, or I die.", "prose": ["Nothing in my hand I bring,", "Simply to the cross I cling;", "Naked, come to Thee for dress;", "Helpless look to Thee for grace;", "Foul, I to the fountain fly;", "Wash me, Savior, or I die."]}, "4": {"syllabified": "While I draw this fleet -- ing breath, When mine eyes shall close in death, When I soar to worlds un -- known, See Thee on Thy judg -- ment throne, Rock of Ag -- es, cleft for me, Let me hide my -- self in Thee.", "prose": ["While I draw this fleeting breath,", "When mine eyes shall close in death,", "When I soar to worlds unknown,", "See Thee on Thy judgment throne,", "Rock of Ages, cleft for me,", "Let me hide myself in Thee."]}}, "license": "The hymn texts and tunes are in the public domain; per-layer provenance is recorded on each record."}