Rock of Ages (Christian hymn) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"When my eyelids close in death" was originally written as "When my eye-strings break in death".[1]

There has been speculation that, though Toplady was a Calvinist, the words, "Be of sin the double cure, Save from wrath, and make me pure," suggest that he agreed with the teachings of his contemporary, John Wesley, who taught the “double cure,” in which a sinner is saved by the atonement of Jesus, and cleansed from inbred sin by the infilling of the Holy Spirit.[2] However, the original line was "Be of sin the double cure, Save me from its guilt and power," as seen in the published works of Toplady in 1794.[3]

Some contemporary artists, including Amy Grant in her recent rendition, prefer the original words, "Be of sin the double cure, Save me from its guilt and power," possibly suggesting their disagreement with the holiness movement doctrine of two works of grace.

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