Hymns for the Living Church ‎#242

242. 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 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 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 grace alone, O God,
To me can pardon speak;
Thy power alone, O Son of God,
Can this sore bondage break.

5 I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfalt'ring lip and heart
I call this Savior mine.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Not what these hands have done
• Title: Not What These Hands Have Done
• Author: Horatius Bonar (1861)
• Meter: S.M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1974
• Scripture:
  Titus 3:5
• Topic: Christ: Blood

Tune Information

• Name: ST. ANDREW
• Composer: Joseph Barnby (1866)
• Meter: S.M.
• Key: D♭ Major