The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4668

4668. Not What My Hands Have Done

1. Not what my hands have done
can save my guilty soul;
Not what my toiling flesh has borne
can make my spirit whole.
Not what I feel or do
can give me peace with God;
Not all my prayers and sighs and tears
can bear my awful load.

2. Your voice alone, O Lord,
can speak to me of grace;
Your power alone, O Son of God,
can all my sin erase.
No other work but Yours,
no other blood will do;
No strength but that which is divine
can bear me safely through.

3. Thy work alone, O Christ,
can ease this weight of sin;
Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God,
can give me peace within.
Thy love to me, O God,
not mine, O Lord, to Thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest,
And set my spirit free.

4. I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfaltering lip and heart
I call this Savior mine.
His cross dispels each doubt;
I bury in His tomb
Each thought of unbelief and fear,
each lingering shade of gloom.

5. I praise the God of grace;
I trust His truth and might;
He calls me His, I call Him mine,
My God, my joy and light.
’Tis He who saveth me,
and freely pardon gives;
I love because He loveth me,
I live because He lives.

Text Information

• First Line: Not what my hands have done
• Title: Not What My Hands Have Done
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861)
• Meter: SMD
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns of Faith and Hope, second series, 1861
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: These words come from Bonar's longer hymn, "Not What These Hands Have Done." Alternate tune: ST. ANDREW (BARNBY), Joseph Barnby, 1838-1896

Tune Information

• Name: LEOMINSTER
• Composer: George William Martin (1862)
• Meter: SMD
• Incipit: 33333 44222 32233
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain