45    C.M.     J. Hart
Salvation by Christ alone. Rom. 11. 6; Gal. 3. 10

1 How can ye hope, deluded souls,
  To see what none e’er saw,
  Salvation by the works obtained
  Of Sinai’s fiery law?

2 [There ye may toil, and weep, and fast,
  And vex your heart with pain;
  And, when you’ve ended, find at last
  That all your toil was vain.]

3 That law but makes your guilt abound;
  Sad help! and (what is worst)
  All souls that under that are found,
  By God himself are cursed.

4 [This curse pertains to those who break
  One precept, e’er so small;
  And where’s the man, in thought or deed,
  That has not broken all?]

5 Fly, then, awakened sinners, fly;
  Your case admits no stay;
  The fountain’s opened now for sin;
  Come, wash your guilt away.

6 See how from Jesus’ wounded side
  The water flows and blood!
  If you but touch that purple tide,
  You then have peace with God.

7 Only by faith in Jesus’ wounds
  The sinner finds release;
  No other sacrifice for sin
  Will God accept but this.