Augustus Montague Toplady
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Augustus Montague Toplady (November 4, 1740 – August 11, 1778) was an Anglican clergyman and hymn-writer. He was a major Calvinist opponent of John Wesley, but is now best remembered as the author of the hymn "Rock of Ages".
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- Rock of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself in thee.- "Rock of Ages" (1763), reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
- Christ whose glory fills the skies,
Christ, the true, the only light,
Sun of Righteousness, arise,
Triumph o'er the shades of night;
Day-spring from on high, be near,
Day-star in my heart appear.- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 77.
- Nothing in my hand I bring,
Simply to Thy cross I cling;
Naked, come to Thee for dress,
Helpless, look to Thee for grace;
Vile, I to the fountain fly,
Wash me, Saviour, or I die!- Reported in Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 592.
