Not What These Hands have Done

Horatius Bonar, 1861

Not what these hands have done Can save this guilty soul; Not what this toiling flesh has borne Can make my spirit whole. 2. Not what I feel or do Can give me peace with God; Not all my prayers and sighs and tears Can bear my awe-full load. 3. Thy work alone, O Christ, Can ease this weight of sin; Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God, Can give me peace within.

4. Thy love to me, O God, Not mine, O Lord to Thee, Can rid me of this dark unrest And set my spirit free. 5. Thy grace alone, O God, To me can pardon speak; Thy power alone, O Son of God, Can this sore bondage break. 6. I bless the Christ of God, I rest on love divine, And with unfaltering lip and heart I call this Savior mine.

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