402 | Trinity Hymnal#403 | 404 |
Text: | Not what my hands have done |
Author: | Horatius Bonar |
Tune: | LEOMINSTER |
Composer: | George William Martin |
Harmonizer: | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan |
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 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.
3 Thy grace alone, O God,
To me can pardon speak;
Thy pow'r alone, O Son of God,
Can this sore bondage break.
No other work, save thine,
No other blood will do;
No strength, save that which is divine,
Can bear me safely through.
4 I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfalt'ring lip and heart
I call this Saviour mine.
This cross dispels each doubt;
I bury in his tomb
Each thought of unbelief and fear,
Each ling'ring 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, my light.
'Tis he who saveth me,
And freely pardon gives;
I love because he loveth me,
I live because he lives.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Not what my hands have done |
Author: | Horatius Bonar (1861, alt.) |
Meter: | S. M. D. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1961 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Christian Life: Salvation by Grace; Evangelistic; Faith: In Christ(2 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | LEOMINSTER |
Composer: | George William Martin (1865) |
Harmonizer: | Sir Arthur S. Sullivan (1874) |
Meter: | S. M. D. |
Key: | D Major |