By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast.
Ephesians 2:8–9
Words & Music: William B. Bradbury, The Devotional Hymn and Tune Book (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: American Baptist Publication Society, 1864), number 328 (🔊 pdf nwc).
Nothing either great or small,
Remains for me to do;
Jesus died and paid it all—
Yes, all the debt I owe.
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Jesus paid it all,
All the debt I owe;
Jesus died, and paid it all—
Yes, all the debt I owe.
When He from His lofty throne
Stooped down to do and die,
Everything was fully done;
Yes, Finished!
was His cry.
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Weary, working, plodding one!
O, wherefore toil you so?
Cease your doing
: All was done
Yes, ages long ago.
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Till to Jesus’ work you cling,
Alone by simple faith,
Doing
is a deadly thing,
All doing
ends in death.
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Cast your deadly doing
down,
Down, all at Jesus’ feet;
Stand in Him, in Him alone,
All glorious and complete.
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