Psalter Hymnal (Red) ‎#384

384. Not What My Hands Have Done

1 Not what my hands have done
Can save my guilty soul;
Not what this 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 power 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 unfaltering 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. Horatius Bonar
• Meter: S. M. D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1934
• Topic: Assurance; Blood of Christ; Communion Service; Faith; Forgiveness of Sin; Grace of God; Profession of Faith; Redemption; Sovereignty of God

Tune Information

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