another's life, another's death, I stake my whole eternity — Horatius Bonar

"On merit not my own I stand
on doings which I have not done
merit beyond what I can claim
doings more perfect than my own.

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 them I rest, on them alone.

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

Lord, I believe; oh deal with me
as one who has your word believed;
I take the gift, Lord look on me
as one who has your gift received.

I taste the love the gift contains
I clasp the pardon which it brings
and pass up to the living source
above, whence all this fullness springs.

Here at your feast I grasp the pledge
which life eternal to me seals,
here in the bread and wine I read
the grace and peace your death reveals.

O fullness of the eternal grace
O wonders past all wondering!
Here in the hall of love and song
we sing the praises of our King."

—Horatius Bonar, 1881 Communion Hymns