Oh, safe to the Rock that is higher than I

The Hymn Rock of ages was inspired by 'The cleft in the Rock'. Sorry my mistake! But the Hymn 'Safe to the rock' reminded me of that cleft not far from Cheddar Gorge. England.

This Hymn came to mind during my Bible reading this morning. Psalm 46:1-11.

"Troubles come, but God outlasts them all. Those who run to the Saviour discover that He can't be shaken. In the arms of His eternal love we find our place of peace"

James Banks . Our Daily Bread.

I had the privilege for many years to live near the cleft of the rock where the inspiration of this hymn was written.

Praise the Lord for His faithfulness.

I thank God for this hymn and for the story behind it's origin. What a comfort and immense privilege that in the storms of life and whatever we are going through we can hide in Christ the Rock of our souls!

This hymn—particularly as sung by Robert Hale and Dean Wilder—has lifted my soul and sustained me through many times of grief. How I thank God for it. Thank you, Steve Miller, for posting the story of how it came to be written. Divinely given and inspired.

I just like Cynthia Stevens from Jamaica was going through some tough times (still am) and began to sing this hymn. I could remember all the words only several lines and the chorus. Thanks google for giving me the remaining words which offer an abundance of comfort and peace. God is indeed our safety!!

I was going through some conflicts ..spiritual and social....when this song popped in my head.

I didn't remember all of it so googled it. I began to sing it and it has has given me great assurance an peace of mind.

Thanks to to the author of this powerful hymn that give such great inspiration and peace of mind. Thanks also to google for making it available at the tip of a finger sort of speaking.

When I sing this hymn, I have not other need of prayer. I hide in Jesus and I feel safe. It will be all joy when I get to meet my Lord.

Thank God for Google. As a member of the choir many decades ago, we sang this hymn several times and after a long time, I've forgotten the lyrics. Just thought on checking Google this morning, and saw this. The hymn is more than relevant even now.

William O. Cushing was born in Hingham, Massachusetts. He was a successful pastor of Disciples of Christ churches for more than 20 years. After the death of his wife in 1870, he was forced to retire from ministering due to ill health. He then began to write hymns. He eventually wrote over 300 hymns. Concerning this hymn he says:

“‘Hiding in Thee’ was writ­ten in Mo­ra­via, New York, in 1876. It must be said of this hymn that it was the out­growth of ma­ny tears, ma­ny heart-con­flicts and soul-yearn­ings, of which the world can know no­thing. The his­to­ry of ma­ny bat­tles is be­hind it. But the oc­ca­sion which gave it be­ing was the call of Mr. Sank­ey. He said, ‘Send me something new to help me in my Gos­pel work.’ A call from such a source, and for such a pur­pose, seemed a call from God. I so re­gard­ed it, and prayed: ‘Lord, give me some­thing that may glor­i­fy Thee.’ It was while thus wait­ing that ‘Hid­ing in Thee’ pressed to make it­self known. Mr. Sank­ey called forth the tune, and by his gen­i­us gave the hymn wings, mak­ing it use­ful in the Mas­ter’s work. (Sankey's Story of the Gospel Hymns) - Songs of the Spirit by Martin

Oh my goodnes!! Born and raised a preacher's kid, I grew up with this hymn and many others. As a child, living under the roof of the security of my parents' spiritual passion, I did not realize as a child how much I would need these songs as a refuge in my adult years. This is priceless!!! It's unfortunate that this current generation aren't being introduced to the old hymns as much. I pray that today's contemporary music will have enough spiritual substance to carry them through the tough times we all experience, learning all the while to trust and depend on God. He's an amazing Savior!! :)