Journey of Faith: Rosemary Siemens Performs 'Nearer, My God to Thee' & Horatius Bonar's Poem
Embark, on a journey with this captivating video showcasing the soul stirring performance of "Nearer, My God to Thee" Performed Rosemary Siemens and the profound poem "Not What These Hands Have Done" by Horatius Bonar.
Rosemary Siemens heartfelt rendition of the timeless hymn "Nearer, My God to Thee" will lift your spirits while Horatius Bonars moving poem serves as a reminder of the grace and redemption that faith in Christ brings.
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Not what these hands have done
by Horatius Bonar
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 and sighs and tears
can bear my awful load.
Thy work alone,
O Christ, can ease this weight of sin,thy blood alone, OLamb of God, can give me peace within.
Thy love to me,
O God, not mine, O Lord,to thee, can rid me of this darkunrest, and set my spirit free.
Thy grace alone,
O God, to me can pardon speakthy power alone, O Son ofGod, can this sore bondage break.
I bless the Christ of God.
I rest on love divineand with unfaltering lip and heartI call this Savior mine.
Nearer, my God, to Thee
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
E'en though it be a cross that raiseth me,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Though like the wanderer, the sun gone down,
Darkness be over me, my rest a stone,
Yet in my dreams I'd be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
There let the way appear, steps unto heaven;
All that Thou sendest me, in mercy given;
Angels to beckon me, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Then, with my waking thoughts bright with Thy praise,
Out of my stony griefs Bethel I'll raise;
So by my woes to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
Or if on joyful wing cleaving the sky,
Sun, moon, and stars forgot, upwards I fly,
Still all my song shall be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!
There in my Father's home, safe and at rest,
There in my Savior's love, perfectly blest;
Age after age to be, nearer, my God, to Thee.
Nearer, my God, to Thee, nearer to Thee!