What Brings Salvation

It is not thy repentance, Thy sorrow or thy tears

Author: James M. Gray
Tune: [It is not thy repentance]
Published in 1 hymnal

Author: James M. Gray

Born: May 11, 1851, New York City. Died: September 21, 1935, Passavant Hospital, Chicago, Illinois. Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, New York City. Gray accepted Christ at age 22. He was educated at Bates College, Lewiston, Maine (Doctor of Divinity), and the University of Des Moines, Iowa (Doctor of Laws). In 1879 he became Rector of the First Reformed Episcopal Church in Boston, Massachusetts, where he served 14 years. He then became dean (1904-25) and president (1925-34) of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, Illinois, and directed publication of four editions (1921-28) of the Voice of Thanksgiving, official hymnal of the Institute. A conservative theologian, Gray was one of seven editors of the popular Scofield Reference Bible. He was… Go to person page >

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First Line:	It is not thy repentance, Thy sorrow or thy tears
Title:	What Brings Salvation
Author:	James M. Gray
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O take the gift of mercy
Publication Date:	1946
Copyright:	© 1946, by Frank Earnest