The Story of the Hymns and Tunes

by Hezekiah Butterworth; Theron Brown

THE TUNE.

For fifty or sixty years “Ortonville” has been linked with this devout hymn, and still maintains its fitting fellowship. The tune, composed in 1830, was the work of Thomas Hastings, and is almost as well-known and as often sung as his immortal “Toplady.” (See chap. 3, “[Rock of Ages].”)