You can read more about that hereīut it's interesting that when Toplady published his own hymnal in 1776, he put his own version of "Rock of Ages" next to Charles Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul". But after Toplady converted to Calvinism, he and John Wesley had a rather nasty falling out-to the point where they were even trading insults. Toplady as a young man was actually a follower of John Wesley (Charles Wesley's son). I think most of the lyrics in your original post are from Charles Wesley's "Jesus, Lover of My Soul": The great inspired writers of the songs and the things that we so enjoy today! See? That Rock in a weary land, hide Thou me. And he flew away, and then the inspiration struck him.ġ47 Oh, I like that! Rock of Ages, that Rock in a weary land, a Shelter in the time of storm. He set the little fellow upon his finger, and he let him fly away. He just held it in his bosom until the storm was over, and the sun come out. He looked back, and it was a little sparrow, come for refuge. He thought, "Oh, I'll be blown off this, the-the shore, before I get there." And he pulled up his coat, and started run, and something flew into his bosom. No matter what happens, all things are going to work together for good.Īnd he started towards his little cabin. So he went walking down along the seashore, listening at the waves, and thought he could find some inspiration, the waves lapping. He would start on something, the inspiration would leave him. And he couldn't-he couldn't get nothing to start on. And let me thirst after them now, as if I stood upon the Mountain whence sprang this Water and near the Cleft of that Rock, the Wounds of my Lord, whence gushed this Scared Blood.Īs the story of Charles Wesley, on his retreat down by the seaside one day, he had a little shack. "O Rock of Israel, Rock of Salvation, Rock struck for me, let those two streams of blood and Water which one gushed out of Thy side, bring down Pardon and Holiness into my soul. I don't have any other verses, other than the one on the intial post.īensen (1911) references a paragraph in the preface on Wesley's Hymns on the Lord's Supper that read.
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