It is not by struggling

1
It is not by struggling,
  But by yielding all,
I may rest from labor,
  All my burden fall.
It is not resolving,
  But Thyself to heed,
I’m from sin delivered
  And from bondage freed.
2
It is not by letter,
  But by Spirit ’tis,
I will be approved,
  Share Thy life of bliss.
It is not man’s teaching,
  But anointing Thine,
Which imparts Thy light and
  Fellowship divine.
3
It is not resolving
  Now to run the race,
But ’tis by Thy mercy
  I receive Thy grace.
It is not by knowledge,
  But by grace alone,
I can pass thru suff’ring
  To Thine image grown.
4
Not by lofty phrases,
  But by power Thine,
I the lost can pilot
  Unto life divine.
It is not my wisdom,
  But Thy Spirit, Lord,
Which alone can fit me
  To fulfill Thy Word.

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