Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: How sad our state by nature is (FL)

Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns

Date: 1839

Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard

Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden

First Line: How sad our state by nature is

Topic: <no topic given>

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer:

Meter: CM

Tune:

Hymn Number: 240

Page Number: 124, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

HOW sad our state by nature is!

Our sin, how deep its stains!

And satan holds the captive mind,

Fast in his slavish chains.



But hark! a voice of grace divine

Sounds from the sacred word;

"Ho! ye despairing sinners, come,

And trust upon the Lord."