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
• Author: Lazarus Spengler (1524)
• Translator: Rev. Matthias Loy, D. D. (1863)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: The Catechism: Justification; New Year's Day; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
• Notes: Alternate Tune: HAMBURG, #241; From the German text: Durch Adams Fall ist ganz verderbt

Tune Information

• Name: WINDHAM
• Composer: Daniel Read (1785)
• Meter: L. M. No. 1
• Key: G Major