The New Christian Hymnal ‎#134

134. 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 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.

3. I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfalt'ring lip and heart
I call this Savior mine.
'Tis He that 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: Rev. H. Bonar (1862)
• Meter: S M D
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1929
• Topic: Salvation: Saving Grace

Tune Information

• Name: LEOMINSTER
• Composer: G. W. Martin (1862)
• Meter: S M D
• Incipit: 33333 43222 32233
• Key: D Major