Text: | Ah, how shall fallen man |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Tune: | OLMUTZ |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
1 Ah, how shall fallen man
Be just before his God?
If he contend in righteousness,
We sink beneath his rod.
2 If he our ways should mark
With strict inquiring eyes,
Could we for one of thousand faults
A just excuse devise?
3 All-seeing, powerful God!
Who can with thee contend?
Or who, that tries the unequal strife,
Shall prosper in the end?
4 The mountains, in thy wrath,
Their ancient seats forsake;
The trembling earth deserts her place,
Her rooted pillars shake.
5 Ah! how shall guilty man
Contend with such a God?
None, none, can meet him and escape,
But through the Saviour's blood.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Ah, how shall fallen man |
Author: | Isaac Watts |
Publication Date: | 1886 |
Topic: | The Sinner: Christ the Way of Life |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | OLMUTZ |
Composer: | Lowell Mason |
Meter: | S.M. |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Notes: | Alternate tunes: #151, 89, or 403. |