Author: Lazarus Spengler; Rev. Matthias Loy, D. D. Hymnal: Evangelical Lutheran hymnal #247 (1908) Lyrics: 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. Topics: The Catechism Justification; New Year's Day; Thirteenth Sunday after Trinity; Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity Languages: English Tune Title: WINDHAM
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