Trinity Hymnal (Rev. ed.) ‎#461

461. 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 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 Savior 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.

Text Information

• First Line: Not what my hands have done
• Title: Not What My Hands Have Done
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861; alt.)
• Meter: S.M.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1990
• Scripture:
  Titus 3:5
• Topic: The Way of Salvation: Salvation by Grace; Evangelistic; Faith: In Christ; Forgiveness of Sins; Grace: Sovereign

Tune Information

• Name: LEOMINSTER
• Composer: George William Martin (1862)
• Arranger: Arthur S. Sullivan (1874)
• Meter: S.M.D.
• Key: D Major