The Cyber Hymnal ‎#7282

7282. What Though I Cannot Break My Chain

1. What though I cannot break my chain
Or e’er throw off my load,
The things impossible to men
Are possible to God.

2. Who, who shall in Thy presence stand,
Or match omnipotence;
Unfold the grasp of Thy right hand
And pluck the sinner thence?

3. Faith to be healed I fain would have,
O might it now be given;
Thou canst, thou canst the sinner save,
And make me meet for Heav’n.

4. Bound down with twice ten thousand ties,
Yet let me hear Thy call;
My soul in confidence shall rise,
Shall rise and break through all.

5. Thou canst o’ercome this heart of mine,
Thou wilt victorious prove;
For everlasting strength is Thine,
And everlasting love.

Text Information

• First Line: What though I cannot break my chain
• Title: What Though I Cannot Break My Chain
• Author: Augustus Toplady, 1740-1778
• Meter: CM
• Language: English
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: ARLINGTON
• Composer: Thomas Augustine Arne (1762)
• Arranger: Ralph Har­ris­on (1784)
• Meter: CM
• Incipit: 13332 11123 54332
• Key: F Major
• Copyright: Public Domain