The Hands that Were Nailed to the Tree

Verse 1 Out, from sin unto righteousness lifted,
By the hands that were nailed to the tree;
Thro' the love and all-wondrous compassion,
Of my Saviour, down-reaching to me!

Verse 2 I was down in the cell of sin's prison,
And was doomed, in despair to remain,
Had they not, those dear hands, to my rescue,
Come, and loosed the fast shackling dread chain!

Verse 3 May I fail not, to praise them forever,
And to tell it wherever I be,
This, the glorious gift, of the pardon,
Which they brought, and delivered to me!

Verse 4 Going up, is my soul with thanksgiving,
There, its song of redemption to sing,
Touch, to feel, of the hands that in mercy,
Came, and to it, salvation did bring!

Refrain They lifted me out of sin's dwelling!—
The hands, that were nailed to the tree;
And I, this all-wondrous compassion,
Can feel, there, down-reaching to me!