Sunday's Hymn: Not What My Hands Have Done

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

Thy work alone, O Christ,
Can ease this weight of sin;
Thy blood alone, O Lamb of God,
Can give me peace within.
Thy love to me, O God,
Not mine, O Lord to thee,
Can rid me of this dark unrest
And set my spirit free.

Thy grace alone, O God,
To me can pardon speak;
Thy pow’r alone, O Son of God,
Can this sore bondage break.
No other work, save thine,
No other blood will do;
No strength, save that which is divine,
Can bear me safely through.

I bless the Christ of God;
I rest on love divine;
And with unfalt’ring lip and heart
I call this Saviour mine.
This cross dispels each doubt;
I bury in his tomb
Each thought of unbelief and fear,
Each ling’ring shade of gloom.

I praise the God of grace;
I trust his truth and might;
He calls me his, I call him mine,
My God, my joy, my light.
‘Tis he who saveth me,
And freely pardon gives;
I love because he loveth me,
I live because he lives.

—Horatius Bonar

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• He Who Is Mighty at By Grace Alone
• We’ve a Story to Tell at The Happy Wonderer
• Afflictions sanctified by the word at The Upward Call
• Solace, Security, Satisfaction at Theology for Girls
• Wait on the Lord at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: A detective story at Pyromaniacs

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Sunday's Hymn: Grace! 'Tis a Charming Sound

Grace! ‘tis a charming sound,
Harmonious to mine ear;
Heav’n with the echo shall resound,
And all the earth shall hear.

Grace first contrived a way
To save rebellious man,
And all the steps that grace display
Which drew the wondrous plan.

Grace taught my wand’ring feet
To tread the heav’nly road
And new supplies each hour I meet
While pressing on to God.

Grace all the work shall crown
Through everlasting days;
It lays in heav’n the topmost stone,
And well deserves the praise.

—Philip Doddridge 

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Abide With Me at The Happy Wonderer
• Welcome Cross at The Upward Call
• Love and Seek True Wisdom at Theology for Girls
• Love one another at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: The mystery of Gospel seed at Pyromaniacs

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Sunday's Hymn: Come, Thou Fount of Every Blessing

Come, thou Fount of ev’ry blessing,
Tune my heart to sing thy grace;
Streams of mercy, never ceasing,
Call for songs of loudest praise,
Teach me some melodious sonnet,
Sung by flaming tongues above;
Praise the mount! I’m fixed upon it,
Mount of God’s unchanging love.

Here I raise my Ebenezer;
Hither by thy help I’m come;
And I hope, by thy good pleasure,
Safely to arrive at home.
Jesus sought me when a stranger,
Wand’ring from the fold of God:
He, to rescue me from danger,
Interposed his precious blood.

O to grace how great a debtor
Daily I’m constrained to be;
Let that grace now, like a fetter,
Bind my wand’ring heart to thee.
Prone to wander, Lord, I feel it,
Prone to leave the God I love;
Here’s my heart, O take and seal it,
Seal it for thy courts above.

—Robert Robinson

Other hymns, worship songs, prayers, sermons excerpts, or quotes posted today:

• Jesus Loves Me at The Happy Wonderer
• Light Shining Out of the Darkness at The Upward Call
• Sincere Heretics at Theology for Girls
• Give unto the Lord glory at Tried With Fire
• Your weekly dose of Spurgeon: A top rated dishwasher review at Pyromaniacs

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