Book of Worship with Hymns and Tunes ‎#377

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; Contrition; Grace: Fulness of; Grace: Magnified; Heart: Natural; Law of God; Original Sin; Penitence; Repentance; Salvation: By Grace
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: ASHWELL
• Composer: Lowell Mason
• Meter: L. M.
• Notes: Public Domain.