Hymn 2:90 [How Sad Our State By Nature Is!]

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Title:     Hymn 2:90 [How Sad Our State By Nature Is!]
Author: Isaac Watts [More Titles by Watts]

Faith in Christ for pardon and sanctification.

How sad our state by nature is!
Our sin how deep it stains!
And Satan binds our captive minds
Fast in his slavish chains.

But there's a voice of sovereign grace
Sounds from the sacred word,
"Ho, ye despairing sinners, come,
"And trust upon the Lord."

My soul obeys th' almighty call,
And runs to this relief,
I would believe thy promise, Lord,
O! help my unbelief.

[To the dear fountain of thy blood,
Incarnate God, I fly,
Here let me wash my spotted soul
From crimes of deepest die.

Stretch out thine arm victorious King,
My reigning sins subdue,
Drive the old dragon from his seat,
With all his hellish crew.]

A guilty, weak, and helpless worm,
On thy kind arms I fall:
Be thou my strength and righteousness,
My Jesus, and my all.

[The end]
Isaac Watts's poem: Hymn 2:90 [How Sad Our State By Nature Is!]

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