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 One of my most favorite songs is the hymn “Rock of Ages.”  It was written as a poem by Augustus Montague Toplady and eventually published as a hymn in 1776.  Augustus was saved at the age of sixteen, ordained as an Anglican priest at the age of twenty-two, and died of tuberculosis at the age of thirty-eight (1740-1778).  Some claim that Augustus wrote “Rock of Ages" while seeking shelter in the cleft of large rocks during a severe storm.  Others say that he wrote this hymn in opposition to the Arminian teaching of John Wesley.  Still others would contend that this hymn was inspired by a song or sermon that Augustus heard.  Whatever the inspiration, the hymn “Rock of Ages” is renowned for its profound Gospel-centered doctrinal clarity, its poetic lyrics, and its encouragement to Christians.