On the Anniversary of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks on America

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The hymn, "My Hope Is Built," appears as number 368 in The United Methodist Hymnal. It is suggested that the hymn be sung to the familiar "Navy Hymn" tune of MELITA,which is available in pdf format on this website.

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"My Hope Is Built" (See United Methodist Hymnal, 368)
Stanza One:

My hope is built on nothing less than Jesus’ blood and righteousness.
I dare not trust the sweetest frame, but wholly lean on Jesus’ name.
On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

Revelation 21:1-2, 23-24

Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth;
for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away,
and the sea was no more.
And I saw the holy city, the new Jerusalem,
coming down out of heaven from God,
prepared as a bride adorned for her husband … .

And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it,
for the glory of God is its light, and its lamp is the Lamb.
The nations will walk by its light,
and the kings of the earth will bring their glory into it.

"My Hope Is Built" (See United Methodist Hymnal, 368)
Stanza Two:

When darkness veils his lovely face, I rest on his unchanging grace.
In every high and stormy gale, my anchor holds within the veil.
On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

Revelation 21:3-4

And I heard a loud voice from the throne saying,
"See, the home of God is among mortals.
He will dwell with them as their God;
they will be his [God’s] peoples,
and God himself will be with them;
he [God] will wipe every tear from their eyes.
Death will be no more,
mourning and crying and pain will be no more,
for the first things have passed away."

"My Hope Is Built" (See United Methodist Hymnal, 368)
Stanza Three:

His oath, his covenant, his blood support me in the whelming flood.
When all around my soul gives way, he then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ the solid rock I stand, all other ground is sinking sand.

Revelation 21:5-6; 22:20

And the one who was seated on the throne said,
"See, I am making all things new."
Also he said, "Write this, for these words are trustworthy and true."
Then he said to me, "It is done.
I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end … ."
The one who testifies to these things says, "Surely I am coming soon."
Amen. Come, Lord Jesus!

"My Hope Is Built" (See United Methodist Hymnal, 368)
Stanza Four:

When he shall come with trumpet sound,
O may I then in him be found!
Dressed in his righteousness alone,
faultless to stand before the throne!
On Christ the solid rock I stand,
all other ground is sinking sand.

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Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version of the Bible, Copyright © 1989 by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

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