Trinity Hymnal ‎#398

398. What tho' I cannot break my chain

1 What tho' 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 giv'n;
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;
But everlasting strength is thine,
And everlasting love.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: What tho' I cannot break my chain
• Author: Augustus M. Toplady
• Meter: C. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1961
• Scripture:
  Mark 10:26-27
• Topic: Calling; Christian Life: Salvation by Grace; God: Omnipotence of; Holy Spirit: Efficacious Grace of; Man: Deprivity of

Tune Information

• Name: ARLINGTON
• Composer: Thomas A. Arne (1762)
• Arranger: Ralph Harrison (1784)
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: G Major