IGBAGBO MI DURO LORI

By Edward Mote

Igbagbo mi duro lori Eje atododo Jesu N'ko je gbekele ohun kan Leyin oruko nla Jesu Mo duro le Krist' apata Ile miran, iyanrin ni B'ire ije mi tile gun Ore-ofe Re ko yi pada Bo ti wu k'iji na le to Idakoro mi ko ni ye Mo duro le Krist' apata Ile miran iyanrin ni Majemu ati eje Re L'emi o ro mo b'ikunmi de Gbati ohun aye bo tan O je ireti nla fun mi Mo duro le Krist' apata Ile miran iyanrin ni Gbat'ipe kehin ba si dun A! m ba le wa lodo Jesu Ki nwo ododo Re nikan Ki n duro niwaju ite Mo duro le Krist' apata Ile miran iyanrin ni

My hope is built on nothing less Than Jesus’ blood and righteous; No merit of my own I claim But wholly lean on Jesus’ name. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. When darkness veils his lovely face, I ret on his unchanging grace; In every high and story gale My anchor holds within the veil. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. His oath, his covenant, his blood Sustain me in the raging flood; When all supports are washed away, He then is all my hope and stay. On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand. When he shall come with trumpet sound, Oh, may I then in him be found, Clothed in his righteousness alone, Redeemed to stand before the throne! On Christ, the solid rock, I stand; All other ground is sinking sand.

Edward Mote was a pastor and hymn writer. Born in London on 21 January 1797, his parents managed a pub and often left Edward to his own devices playing in the street.[1] Speaking of these childhood years he once said, "So ignorant was I that I did not know that there was a God."[2]He was finally exposed to the Christian gospel and was baptized the age of 18. He was trained as a cabinet maker and worked in London for 37 years. Only in his 50's did he enter the ministry and was pastor at Rehoboth Baptist Church in Horsham, West Sussex for 26 years.[3] He was well liked by the congregation in Horsham and they offered him the church building as a gift. Mote replied "I do not want the chapel, I only want the pulpit; and when I cease to preach Christ, then turn me out of that." He died on 13 November 1874 and is buried in the church yard at Rehoboth Church.

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