Not what these hands have done

June 19

Not what these hands have done
Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this toiling flesh has borne
Can make this 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, O Christ,
Can ease this weight of sin;
Thy Blood alone, O Lamb of God,
Can give me peace within.

Thy love to me, O God,
Not mine, O Lord, to Thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest,
And set my spirit free.

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

I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And, with unfaltering lip and heart
I call this Saviour mine.
     Horatius Bonar