Name: Not What These Hands Have Done
Duration: P00H04M46S
Description: This is an rewrite of a hymn with lyrics by Horatius Bonar, 1808-1899. The hymn speaks to the truth that our work cannot save us; rather, it is only the work of Christ on the cross which can save us from ourselves.

Not What These Hands Have Done

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This is an rewrite of a hymn with lyrics by Horatius Bonar, 1808-1899. The hymn speaks to the truth that our work cannot save us; rather, it is only the work of Christ on the cross which can save us from ourselves.

lyrics

Not what these hands have done
Can save this guilty soul;
Not what this 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, or 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.

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from The Great Exchange, track released November 2, 2010
Music written by Kyle Turver
Sequencing by Wes Slover
Mixing by Wes Slover
Vocals by Kyle Turver and Kristi Blosser
Guitar by Kyle Turver and Jesse Erickson

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