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| - %22Solid Rock%22 (hymn) leads here. For other uses, see Solid Rock%22My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less%22 is a Christian hymn written by Edward Mote, a pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex. Mote wrote around 100 hymns, this one, which he wrote in 1834, being the best known of his.The hymn %22My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less%22 was published anonymously in several hymn collections before first being attributed to Edward Mote in a collection of approximately 100 of his hymns published in 1837 under the title Hymns of Praise, A New Selection of Gospel Hymns, Combining All the Excellencies of our Spiritual Poets, with Many Originals. Mote's original title was %22The Immutable Basis for a Sinner's Hope%22 in this collection.The refrain of %22My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less%22 refers to the Parable of the Wise and the Foolish Builders and builds around the metaphor of Christ as a rock with a firm basis in Scripture (1 Corinthians 10:4).%22My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less%22 is part of the gospel hymns genre. The first stanza declare's God's grace; stanzas 2 and 3 concern the application of that grace in times of trouble. In the final stanza, Mote brings his hymn full circle with the ultimate realization of God's grace.The lyrics vary somewhat among various hymnals, but customarily the phraseology adheres to Mote's original.The hymn became very popular and has been subject of many interpretations and covers.
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