Thy works, not mine, O Christ,
Speak gladness to my heart!
It tells me all is done -
It bids all fear depart!
I rest in Thee, Whose work alone
Doth gloriously for sin atone.
Thy wounds, not mine, O Christ,
Can heal the bruised soul!
Thy stripes, not mine, contain
The balm that makes me whole!
I rest in Thee, Whose work alone
Doth gloriously for sin atone.
Thy Cross, not mine, O Christ,
Has borne the awful load
Of sins that none could bear
But the Incarnate God!
I rest in Thee, Whose work alone
Doth gloriously for sin atone.
Thy death, not mine, O Christ,
Has paid the ransom due!
Ten thousand deaths like mine
Would all have been too few.
I rest in Thee, Whose work alone,
Doth gloriously for sin atone.
- Author unknown
March, 1988 "The Gospel Standard"
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