IN HIM ALONE I STAND!
Don Fortner
(Tune: Am I A Soldier? #414
CM)
My God is perfect righteousness
And that demands from me.
But all my works of righteousness
Are filthy rags, I see.
When I consider all He’s done
To save my wretched soul,
My thoughts are spoiled for mercies known
By rising pride so foul!
I hope I have a holy flame,
Created by God’s grace,
To magnify His worthy name;
But sin dispels the blaze.
My heart! My heart! Full of vile thoughts!
With sin it overflows!
How can a ransomed soul, blood bought,
Be such a den of woes?
My only hope, my only plea
Is that Christ died for me.
My hope is in my Surety.
Whose blood atones for me!
Let others in the gaudy dress
Of their own merit stand,
Christ is the Lord my Righteousness,
In Him alone I stand!