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Vain are the Hopes the Sons of Men
ELVET-Rev. John Bacchus Dykes
HERMANN-Nikolaus Herman
HUMMEL-Charles Zeuner
Vain are the Hopes the Sons of Men
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Vain are the hopes the sons of men
On their own works have built;
Their hearts by nature all unclean,
And all their actions guilt.
Let Jew and Gentile stop their mouths,
Without a murmuring word,
And the whole race of Adam stand
Guilty before the Lord.
In vain we ask God's righteous law
To justify us now;
Since to convince and to condemn
Is all the law can do.
Jesus, how glorious is Thy grace!
When in Thy name we trust,
Our faith receives a righteousness
That makes the sinner just.