These things have I written unto you that believe on the name of the Son of God; that ye may know that ye have eternal life, and that ye may believe on the name of the Son of God.
1 John 5:13
Words: William P. Mackay, Grace and Truth Under Twelve Different Aspects (Edinburgh, Scotland: James Taylor, 1874), pages 73–74.
Music: Toowoomba H. F. Williams, in Gospel Hymns No. 4, by Ira D. Sankey, James McGranahan & George C. Stebbins (New York & Chicago, Illinois: Biglow & Main, 1881), number 61 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know Williams’ full name, or where to get a good photo of him (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
No works of law have we to boast—
By nature ruined, guilty, lost;
Condemned already, but Thy hand
Provided what Thou didst demand:
Refrain
We take the guilty sinner’s name,
The guilty sinner’s Savior claim;
We take the guilty sinner’s name,
The guilty sinner’s Savior claim.
No faith we bring. ’Tis Christ alone—
’Tis what He is, what He has done;
He is for us as given by God,
It was for us He shed His blood:
Refrain
We do not feel our sins are gone,
But know it from Thy Word alone;
We know that Thou our sins didst lay
On Him who has put sin away:
Refrain
Because we know our sins forgiv’n,
We happy feel: our home is Heav’n.
O help us now as sons, our God,
To tread the path that Jesus trod:
Refrain