Laudes Domini ‎#220

220. Utter helplessness

1 Nor all the outward forms on earth,
Nor rites that God has given,
Nor will of man, nor blood, nor birth,
Can raise a soul to heaven.

2 The sovereign will of God alone
Creates us heirs of grace;
Born is the image of his Son,
A new, peculiar race.

3 The Spirit, like some heavenly wind,
Breathes on the sons of flesh,
New-models all the carnal mind,
And forms the man afresh.

4 Our quickened souls awake and rise
From the long sleep of death;
On heavenly things we fix our eyes,
And praise employs our breath.

Text Information

• First Line: Not all the outward forms on earth
• Title: Utter helplessness
• Author: Isaac Watts
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1890
• Topic: The Gospel: Atonement Needed; Atonement: Necessary; Heart: Change of; Lost State of Man
• Notes: Public Domain.

Tune Information

• Name: HUMMEL
• Composer: C. Zeuner
• Meter: C. M.
• Key: A♭ Major
• Notes: Public Domain.