The Seventh-Day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book ‎#383

383. Not what these hands have done

1 Not what these hands have done
Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this toiling flesh has borne
Can make my spirit whole.

2 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.

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

Text Information

• First Line: Not what these hands have done
• Author: Horatius Bonar
• Publication Date: 1886
• Topic: The Sinner: Christ the Way of Life

Tune Information

• Name: SHAWMUT
• Arranger: Lowell Mason
• Meter: S.M.
• Key: D Major
• Notes: Alternate tunes: #688, 601, or 736.