WHEN ADAM FELL Lyrics

When Adam fell, he quickly lost

God's image, which he once possessed

See all our nature since could boast

In Cain, his first-born son, expressed

The sacrifice the Lord ordained

In type of the redeemer's blood

Self-righteous reasoning Cain disdained

And thought his own first-fruits as good

Yet rage and envy filled his mind

When, with a sullen, downcast look

He saw his brother favor find

Who God's appointed method took

By Cain's own hand, good Abel died

Because the Lord approved his faith

And, when his blood for vengeance cried

He vainly thought to hide his death

Such was the wicked murderer Cain

And such by nature still are we

Until by grace we're born again

Malicious, blind and proud, as he

Like him the way of grace we slight

And in our own devices trust

Call evil good, and darkness light

And hate and persecute the just

The saints, in every age and place

Have found this history fulfilled

The numbers all our thoughts surpass

Of Abels, whom the Cains have killed

Thus Jesus fell—but O! his blood

Far better things than Abel's cries

Obtains his murderers peace with God

And gains them mansions in the skies

Thus Jesus fell—but O! his blood

Far better things than Abel's cries

Obtains his murderers peace with God

And gains them mansions in the skies