By Grace I'm Saved

Verse 1

By grace I'm savedgrace free and boundless!
My heart, believ'st thou this or not?
Why tremblest thou with terror groundless?
Has ever God a falsehood taught?

His Word is truethen this must be:
By grace there is a crown for thee.

Verse 2

By grace! our works are all rejected,
All claims of merit pass for naught;
The mighty Savior, long expected,
To us this blissful truth has brought,

That He by death redeems our race,
And we are saved alone by grace.

Verse 3

By grace! mark well this phrase's meaning,
When sin rolls sorrows o'er thy breast,
When Satan threats with pride o'erweening,
When troubled conscience sighs for rest:

What reason ne'er can comprehend It pleases God by grace to send.

Verse 4

By grace His Son, on earth appearing,
Vouchsafed beneath thy woe to bend;
Hadst thou, damnation justly fearing,
Done aught to render Him thy friend?

Was't not that He thy welfare sought,
And but by grace deliv'rance wrought?

Verse 5

By grace!
this ground of our salvation As long as God is true endures:
What saints have penned by inspiration,
What God to our poor soul secures,

What all our faith must rest upon,
Is grace,
free grace through His dear Son.

Verse 6

By grace! but think not,
thou who livest Securely on in godless ways,
That thou, though all are called,
receivest The promised rest that wakes our praise:

By grace none find in heaven a place Who live in sin in hope of grace.

Verse 7

By grace!
They who have heard this sentence Must bid hypocrisy farewell;
For only after deep repentance The soul what grace imports can tell;
To sin while grace a trifle seems,

To faith it bright with glory beams.

Verse 8

By grace the timid hearts that languish,
Find access to the Father's heart,
When conflicts fierce and bitter anguish Bid all their joy and hopes depart.
Where, oftimes, should I strength obtain,

Bid grace my anchor not remain!

Verse 9

By grace!
on this in death I'll rest me,
Rejoicing e'en though feeling naught;
I know my sin it oft oppressed me But Him,

too, who my soul hath bought:
My heart exults grief flees apace Because my soul is saved by grace.

Verse 10

By grace!
O sin and Satan hear it!
I bear my flag of faith in hand,
And pass, in spite of doubts,

nor fear it,
The Red Sea to the promised land;
I hold the word my Savior taught As certain,
whether felt or not.