Not what my hands have done

Can save my guilty soul

Not what my 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



Thy work alone, Oh Christ

Can ease this weight of sin

Thy blood alone, Oh Lamb of God

Can give me peace within

Thy love to me, Oh God

Not mine, Oh Lord, to Thee

Can rid me of my dark unrest

And set my spirit free



And I bless the Christ of God

I rest on love divine

And with unfaltering lip and heart

I call this Savior mine

His cross dispels each doubt

I bury in His tomb

Each thought of unbelief and fear

Each lingering shade of gloom



And I praise the God of grace

I trust His truth and light

He calls me His, I call Him mine

My God, my joy, my life

Tis He Who saveth me

And freely pardon gives

I love because He loveth me

I live because He lives