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The Sinner — Christ the Way of Life

Not what these hands have done

  • No. 383
  • Words Horatius Bonar.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Not what these hands have doneCan save this guilty soul;Not what this toiling flesh has borneCan make my spirit whole.

2

Not what I feel or doCan give me peace with God;Not all my prayers, and sighs, and tears,Can bear my awful load.

3

Thy work alone, O Christ,Can ease this weight of sin;Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God,Can give me peace within.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «383» (large) with the reference line «688, 601, 736.» in italics beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 688, 601 or 736); the hymn stands in the lower part of the right column of p. 125, below hymn 382, and ends at the foot of that column with «Horatius Bonar.» in italics. Three stanzas are printed. The first word «NOT» is set in capitals and small capitals. The print sets a thin space before «;» («soul ;», «sin ;»); it is closed up here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the tunes of the reference line).

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Sinner — Christ the Way of Life · No. 383 · printed page 125
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-01