Oh how fair that
morning broke,
When in Eden man awoke!
Beast and bird and
insect bright
Reveled in the gladsome
light;
God looked down from
Heav�n above,
All was life and joy
and love.
Ah! the
doleful change when sin
Darkly, subtly entered
in!
War and pestilence and
dearth
Mar and sadden God�s
fair earth;
Human sorrow fills the
air;
Death is reigning
everywhere.
Yet rejoice; for God
on high
Hath not left His world
to die!
God�s dear Son, with
dying breath,
Broke the power of sin
and death;
Christ the Tempter
overthrew,
Christ is making all
things new.
Lord, in me be sin
subdued,
So may I with heart
renewed,
Fight the fight and run
the race,
Work in my appointed
place,
Waiting for the glad
new birth
Of Thy perfect Heav�n
and earth.
