Evangelical Lutheran Hymnal ‎#247

247. Our nature fell in Adam's fall

1 Our nature fell in Adam's fall,
One common sin infects us all,
From sire to son the bane descends,
And over all the curse impends

2 Corruption creeps through all our powers,
And withers all life's heavenly flowers;
In guilt we draw our earliest breath,
And reap its fruits of woe and death.

3 From hearts depraved, to evil prone,
Flow thoughts and deed of sin alone;
God's image lost, the darkened soul
Nor seeks nor finds its heavenly goal.

4 But Christ, the second Adam, came
To bear our sin and woe and shame,
To be our life, and by His grace
To new-create our fallen race.

5 Thanks, Savior! that new life is ours,
That grace has changed our broken powers;
O, still that saving grace extend,
To make us steadfast to the end.

Text Information

• First Line: Our nature fell in Adam's fall
• Meter: L. M.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1880
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification
• Notes: Author from Index: L. Spangler— M. Loy; Hymns from the German Text: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt

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