A Sinner is a Sacred Thing – Joseph Hart
(Tune: #183—Faith of Our Fathers—88.88.88)
1. When Adam by transgression fell, and conscious, fled his
Maker’s face,
Linked
in clandestine league with hell, He ruined all his future race.
The
seeds of evil once brought in, increased and filled the world with sin.
2. But lo! The Second Adam came, the serpent’s subtle head to
bruise;
He
cancels his malicious claim, and disappoints his devilish views;
Ransoms
poor sinners with His blood, and brings the sinner back to God.
3. [To understand these things aright, this grand distinction
should be known:
Though
all are sinners in God’s sight, there are but few so in their own.
To such
as these our Lord was sent; they’re only sinners who repent.]
4. [What comfort can a Savior bring to those who never felt
their woe?
A sinner
is a sacred thing; the Holy Ghost hath made him so.
New life
from Him we must receive, before for sin we rightly grieve.]
5. This faithful saying let us own, well worthy ‘tis to be
believed,
That
Christ into the world came down, that sinners might by Him be saved.
Sinners
are high in His esteem, and sinners highly value Him.