Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#256

256. 'Tis not by works of righteousness

1 'Tis not by works of righteousness
Which our own hands have done,
But we are saved by sov'reign grace
Abounding thro' His Son.

2 'Tis from the mercy of our God
That all our hopes begin;
'Tis by the water and the blood
Our souls are washed from sin.

3 'Tis through the purchase of His death
Who hung upon the tree,
The Spirit is sent down to breathe
On such dry bones as we.

4 Raised from the dead we live anew.
And, justified by grace,
We shall appear in glory too,
And see our Father's face.

Text Information

• First Line: 'Tis not by works of righteousness
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification; Sunday after New Year's; Septuagesima; Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: DUNDEE
• Composer: Christopher Tye (1538, arr.)
• Meter: C. M. No. 2
• Key: F Major
• Notes: Public Domain.