The Sinner — Repentance and Acceptance

All that I was—my sin, my guilt

No. 446
Metre C. M.
Tune DENTON.
Words Horatius Bonar.
Music E. Hamilton.
Key A-flat major
Singing key A♭ major
Time 2/2
5 stanzas

Words

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All that I was—my sin, my guilt,My death was all my own;All that I am I owe to thee,My gracious God, alone.

The evil of my former stateWas mine, and only mine;The good in which I now rejoiceIs thine, and only thine.

The darkness of my former state,The bondage, all was mine;The light of life in which I walk,The liberty, is thine.

Thy grace first made me feel my sin;It taught me to believe;Then, in believing, peace I found,And now I live, I live.

All that I am, even here on earth,All that I hope to be,When Jesus comes and glory dawns,I owe it, Lord, to thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE SINNER—REPENTANCE AND ACCEPTANCE.»; hymn number «446» (large), tune name «DENTON. C. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals), «E. HAMILTON.» at the right (capitals and small capitals). Stanza 1 is interlinear, one verse-line pair per system, with «1.» before «All»: «All that I was—my sin, my guilt, My death was all my own; / All that I am I owe to thee, My gra - cious God, a - lone.» The italic reference line «546, 596, 117.» (= the same words may be sung to the tunes of hymns 546, 596 or 117) stands under the music; stanzas 2–5 follow as text in the left column, numbered «2»–«5», with «Horatius Bonar.» in italics after stanza 5. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «;» («own ;», «mine ;», «sin ;», «believe ;»); it is closed up here. The dash in «was—my» is the print's, set without spaces. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.