Nothing to pay! Ah, nothing to pay

September 21

Nothing to pay!  Ah, nothing to pay!
Never a word of excuse to say!
Year after year thou hast filled the score,
Owing thy Lord still more and more.

Nothing to pay!  The debt is so great!
What will you do with the awful weight?
How shall the way of escape be made?
Nothing to pay! yet, it must be paid!

Nothing to pay!  Yes, nothing to pay!
Jesus has cleared all the debt away,
Blotted it out with His bleeding hand!
Free, and forgiv’n, and loved you stand.

Refrain
Hear the voice of Jesus say,
“Verily, thou hast nothing to pay,
Nothing to pay, nothing to pay;
Verily thou hast nothing to pay.”
     Frances R. Havergal