<P> "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" 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 . </P> <P> The hymn "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" 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 "The Immutable Basis for a Sinner's Hope" in this collection . </P> <P> The refrain of "My Hope Is Built on Nothing Less" 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). </P> <P> On Christ the Solid Rock I stand All other ground is sinking sand </P>

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