Not All the Outward Forms on Earth { Not All the Outward Forms on Earth HOLY CROSS-Composer Unknown Not All the Outward Forms on Earth } Not all the outward forms on earth, Nor rites that God has given, Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth, Can raise a soul to heaven. The sovereign will of God alone Creates us heirs of grace: Born in the image of His Son, A new, peculiar race. The Spirit, like some heavenly wind, Blows on the sons of flesh; New models all the carnal mind, And forms the man afresh. Our quickened souls awake and rise From the long sleep of death; On heavenly things we fix our eyes, And praise employs our breath.