Common Service Book of the Lutheran Church ‎#332

332. Not what these hands have done

1 Not what these hands have done
Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this toiling flesh has borne
Can make this 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 awful 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 Saviour mine.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Not what these hands have done
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861)
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1917
• Topic: The Christian Life: Faith

Tune Information

• Name: BARNBY'S HYMNARY, TUNE 525
• Composer: William Winn (1872)
• Meter: S. M.
• Key: G Major