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Not what my hands have done

Author: Horatius Bonar Meter: 6.6.8.6 D Appears in 119 hymnals Topics: Christian Life Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 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. Scripture: Titus 3:5 Used With Tune: LEOMINSTER

All Praise to God, Who Reigns Above

Author: Johann J. Schütz; Frances E. Cox Meter: 8.7.8.7.8.8.7 Appears in 194 hymnals Topics: Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 All praise to God, who reigns above, the God of all creation, the God of wonders, pow'r, and love, the God of our salvation! With healing balm my soul he fills, the God who every sorrow stills. To God all praise and glory! 2 What God's almighty pow'r hath made his gracious mercy keepeth; by morning dawn or evening shade his watchful eye ne'er sleepeth; within the kingdom of his might, lo, all is just and all is right. To God all praise and glory! 3 I cried to him in time of need: Lord God, O hear my calling! For death he gave me life indeed and kept my feet from falling. For this my thanks shall endless be; O thank him, thank our God, with me. To God all praise and glory! 4 The Lord forsaketh not his flock, his chosen generation; he is their refuge and their rock, their peace and their salvation. As with a mother's tender hand he leads his own, his chosen band. To God all praise and glory! 5 Ye who confess Christ's holy name, to God give praise and glory! Ye who the Father's pow'r proclaim, to God give praise and glory! All idols underfoot be trod, the Lord is God! The Lord is God! To God all praise and glory! 6 Then come before his presence now and banish fear and sadness; to your Redeemer pay your vow and sing with joy and gladness: Though great distress my soul befell, the Lord, my God, did all things well, To God all praise and glory! Scripture: Psalm 107:15 Used With Tune: MIT FREUDEN ZART

By Grace I'm Saved, Grace Free and Boundless

Author: Christian L. Scheidt Meter: 9.8.9.8.8.8 Appears in 24 hymnals Topics: The Way of Salvation Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 By grace I'm saved, grace free and boundless; my soul, believe and doubt it not. Why stagger at this word of promise? Has Scripture ever falsehood taught? No; then this word must true remain: by grace you, too, shall heav'n obtain. 2 By grace! None dare lay claim to merit; our works and conduct have no worth. God in his love sent our Redeemer, Christ Jesus, to this sinful earth; his death did for our sins atone, and we are saved by grace alone. 3 By grace! O mark this word of promise when you are by your sins oppressed, when Satan plagues your troubled conscience, and when your heart is seeking rest. What reason cannot comprehend God by his grace to you will send. 4 By grace! This ground of faith is certain; So long as God is true, it stands. What saints have penned by inspiration, what in his Word our God commands, what our whole faith must rest upon, is grace alone, grace in his Son. Scripture: Ephesians 2:8-9 Used With Tune: MENTZER

Marvelous Grace of Our Loving Lord

Author: Julia H. Johnston Meter: 9.9.9.9 with refrain Appears in 145 hymnals Topics: The Way of Salvation Salvation by Grace Refrain First Line: Grace, grace, God's grace Lyrics: 1 Marvelous grace of our loving Lord, grace that exceeds our sin and our guilt, yonder on Calvary's mount out-poured, there where the blood of the Lamb was spilt. Refrain: Grace, grace, God's grace, grace that will pardon and cleanse within; grace, grace, God's grace, grace that is greater than all our sin. 2 Sin and despair like the sea waves cold, threaten the soul with infinite loss; grace that is greater, yes, grace untold, points to the Refuge, the mighty cross. [Refrain] 3 Dark is the stain that we cannot hide, What can avail to wash it away? Look! there is flowing a crimson tide; Whiter than snow you may be today. [Refrain] Scripture: Romans 5:20 Used With Tune: MOODY

Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Author: Robert Robinson Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 2,205 hymnals Topics: The Way of Salvation Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 Come, thou fount of ev'ry blessing, tune my heart to sing thy grace; streams of mercy, never ceasing, call for songs of loudest praise. Teach me some melodious sonnet, sung by flaming tongues above; praise the mount! I'm fixed upon it, mount of God's unchanging love. 2 Here I raise my Ebenezer; hither by thy help I'm come; and I hope, by thy good pleasure, safely to arrive at home. Jesus sought me when a stranger, wand'ring from the fold of God: he, to rescue me from danger, interposed his precious blood. 3 O to grace how great a debtor daily I'm constrained to be; let that grace now, like a fetter, bind my wand'ring heart to thee. Prone to wander – Lord, I feel it – prone to leave the God I love; here's my heart, O take and seal it, seal it for thy courts above. Scripture: 1 Samuel 7:12 Used With Tune: NETTLETON

A Debtor to Mercy Alone

Author: Augustus Montague Toplady, 1740-1778 Appears in 101 hymnals Topics: The Way of Salvation Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 A debtor to mercy alone, of covenant mercy I sing; nor fear, with thy righteousness on, my person and off'ring to bring. The terrors of law and of God with me can have nothing to do; my Savior's obedience and blood hide all my transgressions from view. 2 The work which his goodness began, the arm of his strength will complete; his promise is yea and amen, and never was forfeited yet. Things future, nor things that are now, nor all things below or above, can make him his purpose forgo, or sever my soul from his love. 3 My name from the palms of his hands eternity will not erase; impressed on his heart it remains, in marks of indelible grace. Yes, I to the end shall endure, as sure as the earnest is giv'n; more happy, but not more secure, the glorified spirits in heav'n. Scripture: Romans 8:38-39 Used With Tune: TREWEN

And Can It Be That I Should Gain

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.8.8.8.8.8 with refrain Appears in 286 hymnals Topics: Salvation by Grace Refrain First Line: Amazing love! How can it be Lyrics: 1 And can it be that I should gain an int'rest in the Savior's blood? Died he for me, who caused his pain? For me, who him to death pursued? Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me? Refrain: Amazing love! How can it be that thou, my God, shouldst die for me? 2 'Tis myst'ry all! Th'Immortal dies: who can explore his strange design? In vain the first-born seraph tries to sound the depths of love divine. 'Tis mercy all! Let earth adore, let angel minds inquire no more. [Refrain] 3 He left his Father's throne above (so free, so infinite his grace!), humbled himself (so great his love!) and bled for all his chosen race. 'Tis mercy all, immense and free; for, O my God, it found out me. [Refrain] 4 Long my imprisoned spirit lay fast bound in sin and nature's night; thine eye diffused a quick'ning ray; I woke, the dungeon flamed with light; my chains fell off, my heart was free; I rose, went forth, and followed thee. [Refrain] 5 No condemnation now I dread; Jesus, and all in him, is mine! Alive in him, my living Head, and clothed in righteousness divine, bold I approach th'eternal throne, and claim the crown, through Christ, my own. [Refrain] Scripture: Acts 12:6-8 Used With Tune: SAGINA

I know that my Redeemer lives

Author: Charles Wesley Meter: 8.6.8.6 Appears in 379 hymnals Topics: Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 I know that my Redeemer lives, And ever prays for me; A token of his love he gives, A pledge of liberty. 2 I find him lifting up my head; He brings salvation near; His presence makes me free indeed And he will soon appear. 3 He wills that I should holy be: Who can withstand his will? The counsel of his grace in me He surely shall fulfil. 4 Jesus, I hang upon thy Word: I steadfastly believe Thou wilt return and claim me, Lord, And to thyself receive. Amen. Used With Tune: BRADFORD

Rock of ages, cleft for me

Appears in 2,907 hymnals Topics: Salvation by Grace Lyrics: 1 Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Let the water and the blood From Thy riven side which flowed, Be of sin the double cure, Cleanse me from its guilt and power. 2 Not the labors of my hands Can fulfill Thy law's demands. Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone: Thou must save, and Thou alone. 3 Nothing in my hand I bring; Simply to Thy cross I cling; Naked, come to Thee for dress, Helpless, look to Thee for grace, Foul, I to the Fountain fly: Wash me, Saviour, or I die! 4 While I draw this fleeting breath, When mine eyelids close in death, When I soar to worlds unknown, See Thee on Thy judgment throne, Rock of ages, cleft for me, Let me hide myself in Thee! Used With Tune: ROCK OF AGES

I Will Sing the Wondrous Story

Author: Francis H. Rowley Meter: 8.7.8.7 with refrain Appears in 289 hymnals Topics: Salvation by Grace Refrain First Line: Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story Lyrics: 1 I will sing the wondrous story of the Christ who died for me, how he left the realms of glory for the cross on Calvary. Refrain: Yes, I'll sing the wondrous story of the Christ who died for me, sing it with the saints in glory, gathered by the crystal sea. 2 I was lost: but Jesus found me, found the sheep that went astray, raised me up and gently led me back into the narrow way. [Refrain] 3 Faint was I, and fears possessed me, bruised was I from many a fall; hope was gone, and shame distressed me: but his love has pardoned all. [Refrain] 4 Days of darkness still may meet me, sorrow's path I oft may tread; but his presence still is with me, by his guiding hand I'm led. [Refrain] 5 He will keep me till the river rolls its waters at my feet: then he'll bear me safely over, made by grace for glory meet. [Refrain] Scripture: Revelation 15:3 Used With Tune: WONDROUS STORY