"Not What These Hands have Done"
by Horatius Bonar, 1808-1899
Can be sung to We Thee But Thine Own
1. 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.
Hymn #389
The Lutheran Hymnal
Text: Ephesians 2:8, 9
Author: Horatius Bonar, 1861, cento
Composer: Samuel Howard, 1762
Tune: "St. Bride"
Can be sung to We Thee But Thine Own
 |
| Horatius Bonar |
"His hymns, which number over 140, include:
- All Praise to Him Who Built the Hills
- All That I Was
- Fill thou my life, O Lord, my God
- I Lay My Sins on Jesus
- I heard the Voice of Jesus say
- I Was a Wandering Sheep
- Thy way, not mine, O Lord
- Here, O my Lord, I see Thee face to face
- A few more years shall roll
- Come Lord and tarry not
- O love of God, how strong and true" Wiki
