How Helpless (The Load of Sin)

Anne Stelle, 1780 (music by Matthew Smith, 2006)

Order

Verse 1

 How G helpless  guilty  nature D lies,
 Unconscious C of  its D load!
 The G heart  unchanged  can  never D rise
 To  happiC ness  and D God.
 Can C nothing  less  than  power  divG ine,
 The  stubborn C will  subD due?
 'Tis C thine,  eternal  Spirit! G thine,
 To  form  the C heart  aD new.

Verse 2

 'Tis G thine  the  passions  to  reD call,
 And  upward C bid  them D rise;
 And G make  the  scales  of  error D fall
 From  reason's C darkened D eyes-
 To C chase  the  shades  of  death G away,
 And  bid  the C sinner D live;
C Heaven's  beam  a  vital G ray,
 'Tis  thine C alone  to D give.

Verse 3

 Oh, G change  these  wretched  hearts  of D ours,
 And  give  them C life  divD ine:
 Then G shall  our  passions  and  our D powers,
 Almighty C Lord!  be D thine.
 Oh, C change  these  wretched  hearts  of G ours,
 And  give  them C life  divD ine:
 Then C shall  our  passions  and  our G powers,
 Almighty C Lord!  be D thine.

Tag

How G helpless guilty nature D lies

UnconsciousC of itsD load!