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Hiding in Thee

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The Historic Faith · Hymn Companion

Hiding in Thee

Words by William O. CushingMusic by Ira D. SankeyWritten Tune HIDING IN THEE

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.

Hiding in Thee,
Hiding in Thee,
Thou blest “Rock of Ages,”
I’m hiding in Thee.

In the calm of the noontide, in sorrow’s lone hour,
In times when temptation casts o’er me its power;
In the tempests of life, on its wide, heaving sea,
Thou blest “Rock of Ages,” I’m hiding in Thee.

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.

Story Behind the Song

William O. Cushing, a New York pastor who turned increasingly to hymn writing after illness curtailed his preaching, wrote this hymn in 1876. Ira D. Sankey composed the tune and helped popularize it through the Moody-Sankey evangelistic meetings and gospel-hymn collections. The text is built around the biblical image of fleeing to the Rock that is higher than the believer in times of conflict, sorrow, and temptation.

Scripture

Found In

Gospel Hymns No. 2, Sacred Songs and Solos, The Celebration Hymnal, Baptist Hymnal