My Hope Is Built

Text by Edward Mote

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About this hymn

Date: 1834
Tune: Melita
Composer: John Bacchus Dykes
Key: C
Meter: 8 8 8 8 8 8

Historical background

This edition is preserved in the Open Hymnal Project at source revision d35811b2d5c9. Contributor and publication details below are reproduced from the score metadata rather than inferred.

Theology & Scripture

The source index associates this text with Assurance, Atonement, Blood, Comfort, Cornerstone, Courage in Affliction.

1Pt 2:5-8 · Eph 2:19-22 · Mt 7:24-27 · Ps 18:2 · 2Cor 3:4-6 · 1Thess 4:16-17

Musical background

Melita is presented in the source key of C, with four documented parts.

Sources & rights

Verified for United States on 2026-10-13. Public domain — source score marking

Words: Edward Mote, circa 1834. Music: 'Melita' John Bacchus Dykes, 1861. Setting: "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869. copyright: public domain. This score is a part of the Open Hymnal Project, 2011 Revision.