The Rock and the Sand

On what are you build­ing

my bro­ther

Your hopes of an eter­nal home?

Is it loose shift­ing sand

Or the firm sol­id rock

You are trust­ing for ag­es to come?

Hearing and do­ing

we build on the rock;

Hearing alone

we build on the sand;

Both will be tried by the storm and the flood;

Only the rock the tri­al will stand.

On one or the oth­er

my bro­ther

You are build­ing your hopes day by day;

You are risk­ing your soul

On the works that you do

Will the dark wa­ters sweep you away?

Your Sav­ior has warned you

my bro­ther

I pray you give heed to His voice;

There is life on the rock

But death on the sand;

Oh

bro­ther

pray tell me your choice.

No mat­ter how care­ful

my bro­ther

The sand for your house you pre­pare;

’Twill be all swept away

When the floods shall des­cend

And you be left per­ish­ing there.