Author: Anne Steele, 1716-1778 Hymnal: Hymnal and Order of Service #243 (1901) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Lyrics: 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 Saviour Thine,
To form the heart anew.
3 ’Tis Thine the passions to recall,
And upwards 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.
Amen. Topics: Repentance Languages: English Tune Title: NÄR NÖD OCH KRANKHET TYNGA PA
How Helpless Guilty Nature Lies