•PR 3736 
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 1 1887 
 ^Copy 1 
 
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 AGES* 
 
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♦f ^0CK 4- 0F * ^6E3 * 
 
 BY 
 
 Augustus Montague Toplady 
 
 II,I,USTRATED BY PHOTO-GRAVURES AFTER ORIGINAI, DESIGNS 
 
 BY 
 
 FREDERICK W. FREER 
 
 "I will put thee in a clift of the rock.'** 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 CopyHght, 1887, by 
 
 FREDERICK A. STOKES 
 
 Successor to White, Stokes, & Allen 
 
 1887 
 
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 ^ JUL 29 18^ 
 


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 iRocft of Uqcb, cleft for me/' 
 
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iKocF? ot Uqcs, clett tor me, 
 Xet me bibc m^selt in tbee ; 
 3Let tbe water anD tbe bloob, 
 IFrom tb^ riven siDe wbicb fiovv'D, 
 JSe ot 6tn tbe double cure, 
 Cleanse me trom its guilt ant> power. 
 
^^ iRot the labors of m? banba 
 Can fulfil tb? law'6 &emanb6/' 
 
iFlot tbe labors of m^ bant)s 
 xi Can tumi tb^ law's C)emant)s; 
 
 €oult) m^ 3eal no respite ftnow 
 €oul^ m^ tears forever flow 
 BU tor sin coulb not atone, 
 » Ubou must save, anD tbou alone. 
 
^'Ibelpleea, look to tbee for 
 
 grace; 
 
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Coi^gRisirr 1887 B-y ^^'REPBEicg: J^.g 
 
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Irlotbtng in mp ban^ IF bring ; 
 Simply to tb^ cross IT cling ; 
 iaaF?et>, come to tbee tor Dress ; 
 Delpless, look to tbee tor grace ; 
 ffoul, f to tbe fountain ti^ ; 
 Masb me, Saviour, or IT Me» 
 
**XIXIlben m? e^elibs close in ^eatb." 
 
Coip-sBiGHr, 1887 B-r i^EDEsicas: JV. Stokes . 
 
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 XKHbile ir ^raw tbts flcetlna breatb, 
 Mben m^ ei5elit)s close in beatb, 
 TPdlben H soar tbrougb tracts unknown, 
 See tbee on tb^ judgment tbrone, 
 1Rock ot Hgcs, cleft tor me, 
 %ct me biC)e myself In tbee* 
 
Bugu6tuf Montague ^opla^^, tbe autbor of 
 tbis beautiful b^mn, was born in Surrey, BnglanD, 
 in 1740 ♦ ♦ tbe was grat)uateD from ^rinit^ 
 College, Dublin, anD was afterward vicar of :Broa& 
 IbenburSt Devonsbirc . ♦ Ibe was an able writer 
 anD proDuceD man^ b^mns wbicb bave become 
 popular . . 1be Diet) in 1778. 
 
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