p. 11 | RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH by H. G. Lucas

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Mar 29, 1905

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 31, No. 13.

RIGHTEOUSNESS BY FAITH.

By H. G. Lucas

BY H. G. LUCAS.

TREMBLING, before Thy glorious throne, O Lord! I bring my heart of stone. I pray that Thou wilt break and bless, And plant in me Thy righteousness.

I know that evil dwells within, And binds me fast to lust and sin. I know that nothing can atone But Jesus' blood and that alone.

If men could righteousness attain By wealth or stealth, by work or pain, By other than just faith, and love, They'd surely reach the world above.

So clear and simple is the way, That rich and poor are led astray By him who seeks their shame and death, Because they seek not Christ by faith.

The just shall live by faith divine, And walk in love in God's design, Till Jesus come to give him life And end sin's struggle and earth's strife. Healdsburg, Cal.