The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#369

369. Not all the outward forms on earth

1 Not all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that God has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone,
Creates us heirs of grace;
Born in the image of his Son,
A new, peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Breathes on the sons of flesh,
New-models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

Text Information

• First Line: Not all the outward forms on earth
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Christ the Way of Life

Tune Information

• Name: MELODY
• Composer: I. P. Cole
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #227, 669, or 581.