The Sinner — Christ the Way of Life

Not all the outward forms on earth

No. 369
Metre C. M.
Tune MELODY.
Words Isaac Watts.
Music I. P. Cole.
Key A major
Singing key G major
Time 3/2
4 stanzas

Words

Not all the outward forms on earth,Nor rites that God has given,Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,Can raise a soul to heaven.

The sovereign will of God alone,Creates us heirs of grace;Born in the image of his Son,A new, peculiar race.

The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,Breathes on the sons of flesh,New-models all the carnal mind,And forms the man afresh.

Our quickened souls awake and riseFrom the long sleep of death;On heavenly things we fix our eyes,And praise employs our breath.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—CHRIST THE WAY OF LIFE.»; hymn number «369» (large), tune name «MELODY. C. M.» centred over the music (capitals and small capitals, square stops), «I. P. COLE.» at the right (capitals and small capitals; the final stop is crowded against the E). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one line per system, with «1.» before «Not» (see `lyrics_syllables.txt`; «out-ward» hyphenated under its two notes). Stanzas 2–4 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «227, 669, 581.» in italics (= may also be sung to the tunes of hymns 227, 669 or 581). «Isaac Watts.» in italics after stanza 4. The print sets a thin space before «;» («grace ;», «death ;»); it is closed up here. The stanza numbers of the text column are printed without a period («2», «3», «4»); they are written «2.» … here, like the interlinear «1.», as in the other deliveries of this book. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.