Upon a life I have not lived,
Upon a death I did not die,
Another’s life; another’s death,
I stake my whole eternity.

Not on the tears which I have shed,
Not on the sorrows I have known,
Another’s tears; another’s griefs,
On these I rest, on these alone.

O Jesus, son of God, I build on what thy cross has done for me;
There both my death and life I read, my guilt, and pardon there I see.

Lord, I believe; o deal with me,
As one who has thy word believed!
I take the gift, lord, look on me,
As one who has thy gift received