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ROCK OF AGES

AUGUSTUS M. TOPLADY SOUGHT SHELTER FROM A STORM UNDER A ROCKY OVERHANG.  AS THE STORM RAGED AROUND HIM, HE WROTE THE WORDS TO "ROCK OF AGES."  HE WROTE HIS POEM ON A PLAYING CARD.  THE YEAR WAS 1776.

TWELVE YEARS LATER, THOMAS HASTINGS WROTE THE MUSIC FOR "ROCK OF AGES."

MOUNT EVEREST RISES 29,035 FEET, MAKING IT THE HIGHEST MOUNTAIN IN THE WORLD.  IT IS LOCATED IN THE HIMALAYAS.

THE GRAND TETON RISES 13,770 FEET.  IT HAS THE OLDEST ROCK FOUND IN  NORTH AMERICA.    THERE ARE TWELVE PEAKS THAT MAKE UP THE TETON RANGE IN WESTERN WYOMING.

THE OLDEST "ROCK OF AGES" IN THE WORLD IS THE TABLE MOUNTAINS IN SOUTH AFRICA.  SEAL POINT AND THE  LION'S HEAD BALANCE OUT  THE SCENE.

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JOHNNY CASH  RECORDED "ROCK OF AGES" IN 1978. 

ALTO TENOR SINGER IS JUNE CARTER CASH.

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee.

Let the water and the blood,

From Thy wounded side which flowed.

Be of sin the double cure,

Save from wrath and make me pure.

Let me hide myself in Thee...

In my hand, no price I bring,

Simply to Thy cross I cling.

While I draw this fleeting breath,

When mine eyes shall close in death.

Lord, when I rise to worlds unknown,

And behold Thee on Thy throne.

Rock of Ages, cleft for me,

Let me hide myself in Thee.

Let me hide myself in Thee.