All Mankind Fell in Adam’s Fall

All man­kind fell in Ad­am’s fall

One com­mon sin in­fects us all;

From sire to son the bane des­cends

And ov­er all the curse im­pends.

Thro’ all man’s pow­ers cor­rupt­ion creeps

And him in dread­ful bonda­ge keeps;

In guilt he draws his in­fant breath

And reaps its fruits of woe and death.

From hearts de­praved

to ev­il prone

Flow thoughts and deeds of sin alone;

God’s im­age lost

the dark­ened soul

Nor seeks nor finds its heav’n­ly goal.

But Christ

the se­cond Ad­am

came

To bear our sin and woe and shame

To be our Life

our Light

our Way

Our on­ly Hope

our on­ly Stay.

As by one man all man­kind fell

And

born in sin

was doomed to hell

So by one Man

who took our place

We all re­ceived the gift of grace.

We thank Thee

Christ; new life is ours

New light

new hope

new strength

new pow­ers:

This grace our ev­ery way at­tend

Until we reach our jour­ney’s end!