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How long shall dreams of creature-bliss
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #60 (1845) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 How long shall dreams of creature-bliss
Our flatt'ring hopes employ,
And mock our fond deluded eyes
With visionary joy?
2 How wretched they, that leave the Lord,
And from his word withdraw,
That lose his gospel from their sight
And wander from his law!
3 O thou eternal spring of good,
Whence living waters flow!
Let not our thirsty erring souls
To broken cisterns go.
4 Like characters inscrib'd in dust,
Are sinners borne away;
And all the treasures they can boast,
The portion of a day. Languages: English
How long shall dreams of creature-bliss
Indulgent God! with pitying eye
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #61 (1845) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Indulgent God! with pitying eyes
The sons of men survey.
Alas! how thoughtless mortals sport
In sin's destructive way!
2 Ten thousand dangers lurk around,
To bear them to the tomb:
Each passing hour may place them where,
Repentance cannot come.
3 Reclaim, O Lord! their wand'ring minds,
Amus'd with airy dreams;
That heav'nly wisdom may dispel
Their visionary schemes.
4 Guide and direct them by word,
Their dang'rous state to see;
That they may seek and find the path,
That leads to heav'n and thee. Languages: English
Indulgent God! with pitying eye
Original sin; or, the first and second Adam
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #62 (1834) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man First Line: Adam our father and our head
Original sin; or, the first and second Adam
Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #62 (1845) Meter: 8.8.8.8 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye;
Behold God's balance lifted high;
There shall his justice be display'd,
And there thy hope and life be weigh'd.
2 See in one scale his perfect law;
Mark with what force its precepts draw;
Would'st thou the awful test sustain,
Thy works how light! thy thoughts how vain!
3 Great God! exert thy pow'r to save;
Deep on the heart this truth engrave;
Disperse the mist from sinners' eyes,
And make the wretched triflers wise.
4 O let them seize the present day,
Nor risk salvation by delay;
And, while they tremble, let them flee,
And find their help, their life, in thee. Languages: English
Raise, thoughtless sinner, raise thine eye
The evil heart
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #63 (1834) Meter: 6.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man First Line: Astonished and distressed
The evil heart
We are corrupt and incapable of doing good
Hymnal: Psalms and Hymns, for the Use of the German Reformed Church, in the United States of America. (2nd ed.) #64 (1834) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man First Line: Sin, like a venomous disease
We are corrupt and incapable of doing good
Bless'd with the joys of innocence
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #89 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Bless'd with the joys of innocence,
Adam, our father, stood,
Till he debas'd his soul to sense,
And ate th' unlawful food.
2 Now we are born a sensual race,
To sinful joys inclin'd;
Reason has lost its native place,
And flesh enslaves the mind.
3 While flesh and sense and passion reigns,
Sin is the sweetest good;
We fancy music in our chains,
And so forget the load.
4 Great God, renew our ruin'd frame,
Our broken powers restore,
Inspire us with a heavenly flame,
And flesh shall reign no more.
5 Eternal Spirit, write thy law
Upon our inward parts,
And let the second Adam draw
His image on our hearts.
Bless'd with the joys of innocence
Sin has a thousand treacherous arts
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #91 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Sin has a thousand treacherous arts
To practise on the mind;
With flattering looks she tempts our hearts,
But leaves a sting behind.
2 With names of virtue she deceives
The aged and the young;
And while the heedless wretch believes,
She makes his fetters strong.
3 She pleads for all the joys she brings,
And gives a fair pretence;
But cheats the soul of heavenly things,
And chains it down to sense.
4 So on a tree divinely fair
Grew the forbidden food;
Our mother took the poison there,
And tainted all her blood.
Sin has a thousand treacherous arts
Dead be my heart to all below
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #93 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 Dead be my heart to all below,
To mortal joys and mortal cares;
To sensual bliss that charms us so,
Be dark, mine eyes, and deaf my ears.
2 Lord, I renounce my carnal taste
Of the fair fruit that sinners prize;
Their paradise shall never waste
One thought of mine, but to despise.
3 All earthly joy are overweigh'd
With mountains of vexatious care;
And where's the sweet that is not laid
A bait to some destructive snare?
4 Begone, for ever, mortal things!
Thou mighty mole-hill, earth, farewell
Angels aspire of lofty wings,
And leave the globe for ants to dwell.
5 Come, heaven, and fill my vast desires,
My soul pursues the sovereign good;
She was all made of heavenly fires,
Nor can she live on meaner food.
Dead be my heart to all below
When in the light of faith divine
Hymnal: Hymns, Selected and Original #95 (1828) Meter: 8.6.8.6 Topics: Fall and Depravity of Man Lyrics: 1 When in the light of faith divine
We look on things below,
Honour, and gold, and sensual joy,
How vain and dangerous too!
2 Honour's a puff of noisy breath;
Yet men expose their blood,
And venture everlasting death,
To gain that airy good.
3 Whilst others starve the nobler mind,
And feed on shining dust,
They rob the serpent of his food
T' indulge a sordid lust.
4 The pleasures that allure our sense
Are dangerous snares to souls;
There's but a drop of flattering sweet,
And dash'd with bitter bowls.
5 God is mine all-sufficient good,
My portion and my choice;
In him my vast desires are fill'd,
And all my powers rejoice.
6 In vain the world accosts my ear,
And tempts my heart anew;
I cannot buy your bliss so dear,
Nor part with heaven for you.
When in the light of faith divine
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