A Selection of Hymns for Public Worship. In four parts (10th ed.) (Gadsby's Hymns) 852. Vain man, to boast forbear

Text:	Good Works
Author:	Hart

852. Good Works

1 Vain man, to boast forbear,
The knowledge in thy head;
The sacred Scriptures this declare:
“Faith without works is dead.”

2 When Christ the Judge shall come
To render each his due,
He’ll deal thy deeds their righteous doom,
And set thy works in view.

3 Food to the hungry give;
Give to the thirsty drink;
To follow Christ is to believe;
Dead faith is but to think.

4 The man that loves the Lord
Will mind whate’er he bid;
Will pay regard to all his word,
And do as Jesus did.

5 [The dead professor counts
Good works as legal ties;
His faith to action seldom mounts;
On doctrine he relies.

6 But words engender strife;
Behold the gospel plan:
Trust in the Lord alone for life,
And do what good you can.]

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