The Sheltering Rock (Canaan Melodies #36)

A powerful old hymn which uses four pictures from Scripture to illustrate the offer of saving grace which Jesus has for us. The chorus then repeatedly asks "why will ye die?", with this grace available? This moving song will, I pray, convict your heart.

LYRICS:

1. There is a Rock in a weary land,
Its shadow falls on the burning sand,
Inviting pilgrims as they pass
To seek a shade in a wilderness.
Then why will ye die? O why will ye die?
When the shelt'ring Rock is so near by,
O why will ye die?

2 There is a well in a desert plain,
Its waters call with entreating strain;
"Ho, ev'ry thirsting, sin-sick soul,
Come, freely drink, and thou shalt be whole.
Then why will ye die? O why will ye die?
When the living well is so near by,
O why will ye die?

3 A great fold stands with its portals wide,
The sheep astray on the mountain side;
The Shepherd climbs o'er mountains steep,
He's searching now for His wand'ring sheep.
Then why will ye die? O why will ye die?
When the Shepherd's fold is so near by,
O why will ye die?

4 There is a cross where the Saviour died,
His blood flowed out in a crimson tide;
A sacrifice for sinful men,
And free to all who will enter in.
Then why will ye die? O why will ye die?
When the crimson cross is so near by,
O why will ye die?