Hymn
The Hiding Place
- Meter
- Long Meter (8.8.8.8)
Hail, boundless love, that first began
The scheme to rescue fallen man!
Hail, matchless, free, eternal grace,
That gave my soul a hiding-place.
Against the God that rules the sky
I fought with hands uplifted high;
Despis'd his rich, abounding grace,
Too proud to seek a hiding-place.
But thus th'eternal counsel ran,
"Almighty love arrest that man;"
I felt the arrows of distress,
And found I had no hiding-place.
Indignant justice stood in view,
To Sinai's fiery mount I flew;
But justice cry'd with frowning face,
"This mountain is no hiding-place."
The Hiding Place — Text from Hymns, Selected and Original, 1828. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/the-hiding-place
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote The Hiding Place?
The words of The Hiding Place were written by Jehoida Brewer; the version here was published in 1828.
Is The Hiding Place public domain?
Yes. The words here are taken from Hymns, Selected and Original, published in 1828. Works published before 1931 are out of copyright in the United States, so you can print, project, perform and record this hymn freely. How we source and check every hymn.
What is the meter of The Hiding Place?
The Hiding Place is in Long Meter (8.8.8.8). Hymns in the same meter can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Religion Vain Without Love, When, as returns this solemn day and Glory and Grace in the Person of Christ.