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[ 294 ] Bless'd be thy name, for now I know I and my works can nothing do; "The Lord alone can ransom man— "For this the spotless Lamb was slain!"

When sacrifices, works, and pray'r, Prov'd vain, and ineffectual were, "Lo, then I come!" the Saviour cry'd And, bleeding, bow'd his head and dy'd.

He dy'd for all who ever saw No help in them, nor by the law; I this have seen; and gladly own "Salvation is by Christ alone !"

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