"Yet, death held sway from Adam to Moses, the Lawgiver, even over those
who did not themselves transgress a positive command as Adam did.
Adam was a type of the One Who was to come, in reverse,
the former destructive, the Latter saving.
But God's free gift is not at all to be compared to the trespass.
His grace is all out of proportion to the fall of man. For if many
died through one man's falling away, much more profusely did
God's grace and free gift that comes through the undeserved
favor of the one Man, Jesus Christ, abound and overflow
to and for the benefit of many."
(Romans 5:14-15)
A virgin pure, both meek and mild
In Bethlehem brought forth her Child,
Our nature first on Him to take,
And then, as Christ, our peace to make.
Consider what the spotless Lamb
Did undergo for sinful man,
Nailed to the cross to pain and die,
While wicked spies stood gazing by!
Who can express the joy and love
That God sent down from Heaven above.
From Satan's power redeeming all,
When we were lost by Adam's fall.
Then let us praise the God of Heaven,
Who unto us His Son hath giv'n.
Hath sent Him down with us to dwell
Our Jesus, our Emmanuel.
A Virgin Pure, Meek And Mild"
A Collection Of Dorset Carols
(1926)
William Adair Pickard Cambridge
(1879-1957)
English composer, teacher,
and classical scholar
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