Laudes Domini ‎#261

261. The Load of Sin

1 How helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load!
The heart, unchanged, can never rise
To happiness and God.

2 Can aught, beneath a power divine,
The stubborn will subdue?
'Tis thine, almighty Spirit! thine,
To form the heart anew.

3 'Tis thine, the passions to recall,
And upward bid them rise;
To make the scales of error fall
From reason's darkened eyes;--

4 To chase the shades of death away,
And bid the sinner live;
A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
'Tis thine alone to give.

5 Oh, change these wretched hearts of ours,
And give them life divine;
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord! be thine.

Text Information

• First Line: How helpless guilty nature lies
• Title: The Load of Sin
• Author: Anne Steele
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1888
• Scripture:
  Ezekiel 11:19
  ;
  John 3:3
  ;
  Romans 3:19
• Topic: Access to God; Atonement: Necessary; Darkness: Spiritual
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: BALERMA
• Composer: H. Wilson
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: B♭ Major
• Notes: Now Public Domain.