Sovereign Grace Has Power Alone

Sovereign grace has pow­er alone

To sub­due a heart of stone;

And the mo­ment grace is felt

Then the hard­est heart will melt.

When the Lord was cru­ci­fied

Two trans­gress­ors with Him died;

One with vile blas­phem­ing tongue

Scoffed at Je­sus as he hung.

Thus he spent his wick­ed breath

In the ve­ry jaws of death

Perished

as too many do

With the Sav­ior in his view.

But the oth­er

touched with grace

Saw the dan­ger of his case;

Faith re­ceived to own the Lord

Whom the scribes and priests ab­horred.

Lord

he prayed

re­mem­ber me

When in glo­ry Thou shalt be;

Soon with Me

the Lord re­plies

Thou shalt rest in para­dise.

This was won­drous grace indeed

Grace vouch­safed in time of need!

Sinners

trust in Je­sus’ name;

You shall find Him still the same.

But be­ware of un­be­lief

Think up­on the hard­ened thief;

If the Gos­pel you dis­dain

Christ

to you

will die in vain.