377. Deep in the dust before Thy throne

1 Deep in the dust before Thy throne,
Our guilt and our disgrace we own;
Great God! we own th'unhappy name
Whence sprung our nature and our shame.

2 But whilst our spirits, filled with awe,
Behold the terrors of Thy law,
We sing the honors of Thy grace,
That sent to save our ruined race.

3 We sing Thine everlasting Son,
Who joined our nature to His own:
The second Adam, from the dust,
Raises the ruins of the first.

4 Where sin did reign, and death abound,
There have the sons of Adam found
Abounding life; there glorious grace
Reigns through the Lord our righteousness.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: Deep in the dust before Thy throne
Author: Anon.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Self Abasement; Adam and Christ; Confession of Sin (9 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ASHWELL
Composer: Lowell Mason
Meter: L. M.



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