Text: | Your Works, Not Mine, O Christ |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 |
Tune: | ST. JOHN |
1 Your works, not mine, O Christ,
Speak gladness to this heart.
They tell me all is done;
They bid my fear depart.
Refrain:
To whom but you, who can alone
For sin atone,Lord, shall I flee?
2 Your blood, not mine, O Christ,
Can heal my sinful soul;
Your wounds, not mine, contain
The balm that makes me whole. [Refrain]
3 Your cross, not mine, O Christ,
Has borne the dreadful load
Of sins that none could bear
But the incarnate God. [Refrain]
4 Your death, not mine, O Christ,
Has paid the ransom due;
Ten thousand deaths like mine
Would have been all too few. [Refrain]
5 Your righteousness, O Christ,
Alone can cover me;
No other righteousness
Can set a sinner free. [Refrain]
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Your works, not mine, O Christ |
Title: | Your Works, Not Mine, O Christ |
Author: | Horatius Bonar, 1808-89 (alt.) |
Refrain First Line: | To whom but you, who can alone |
Meter: | 66 66 88 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1993 |
Topic: | Justification |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ST. JOHN |
Meter: | 66 66 88 |
Key: | C Major |
Source: | The Parish Choir, London, 1850 |