First Line: Where hast thou built thine house,

Where hast thou built thine house,
Thy soul's eternal dwelling ?
Upon the treacherous sands of sin,
'Mid floods and tempests swelling ?

Oh, build upon the Rock----the only sure
foundation ;
On Christ alone, the Corner-stone, the Rock
of our salvation !

2 What wilt thou do when storms
Upon thy house are beating ? [sands
When from beneath, the treacherous
That held thee are retreating ?

3 Wait not until the floods,
With final shock appalling,
Shall come------and thou canst never save
Thy ruined house from falling.