Hymn
Dead in Trespasses and Sins
How helpless guilty nature lies,
Unconscious of its load!
The heart, unchanged, can never rise
To happiness and God.
Can aught beneath a power divine
The stubborn will subdue?
’Tis Thine, O Holy Spirit, Thine
To form the heart anew.
’Tis Thine the passions to recall,
And upwards bid them rise,
To make the scales of error fall
From reason’s darkened eyes;
To chase the shades of death away,
And bid the sinner live;
A beam of heaven, a vital ray,
’Tis Thine alone to give.
O change these wretched hearts of ours,
And give them life divine!
Then shall our passions and our powers,
Almighty Lord, be Thine.
Dead in Trespasses and Sins — Text from Christian Hymns, 1898. Public domain. https://yeshuanow.com/hymns/dead-in-trespasses-and-sins
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Questions about this hymn
Who wrote Dead in Trespasses and Sins?
The words of Dead in Trespasses and Sins were written by Anne Steele; the version here was published in 1898. The library holds 47 more hymns by Anne Steele, including Christ Ever Liveth to Make Intercession and The Goodness of God.
Is Dead in Trespasses and Sins public domain?
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What is the metre of Dead in Trespasses and Sins?
Dead in Trespasses and Sins is in Short Metre (6.6.8.6). Hymns in the same metre can usually be sung to the same tunes — for example, Like Noah's Weary Dove, The Beauty of the Church; or, Gospel Worship and Order and Christ's Presence Desirable.