Hi friends,
Over the last few weeks, although I haven’t been posting (see my last post for details), I have gained quite a few new subscribers. Welcome friends, and I hope you have been blessed by the backlog of hymns and song on the site, just as I have.
It’s great to see new subscribers because since life has opened up more space and time to me, I am hoping, Lord willing, to return to regular posting again! So please do stick around, and suggest hymns and songs through the contact form at the top of the page. Until then, I have come across this hymn from 1881 by Scottish minister and hymn writer Horatius Bonar, which is just lovely. It’s written for communion, and is a wonderful hymn to mediate on before the Lord’s Day. Also below is a modern rendition by Indelible Grace; enjoy!
On merit not my own I stand;
On doings which I have not done,
Merit beyond what I can claim,
Doings more perfect than my own.
Upon a life I have not lived,
Upon a death I did not die,
Another’s life, Another’s death,
I stake my whole eternity.
Not on the tears which I have shed:
Not on the sorrows I have known,
Another’s tears, Another’s griefs,
On them I rest, on them alone.
Jesus, O Son of God, I build
On what Thy cross has done for me;
There both my death and life I read,
My guilt, my pardon there I see.
Lord, I believe; oh deal with me
As one who has Thy word believed!
I take the gift, Lord look on me
As one who has Thy gift received.
I taste the love the gift contains,
I clasp the pardon which it brings,
And pass up to the living source
Above, whence all this fullness springs.
Here at Thy feast, I grasp the pledge
Which life eternal to me seals,
Here in the bread and wine I read
The grace and peace Thy death reveals.
O fullness of the eternal grace,
O wonders past all wondering!
Here in the hall of love and song,
We sing the praises of our King.
Hymn of the Day 