| 1 | The law of letters God defines, |
| | It is His testimony true; |
| | It shows how loving, holy, just, |
| | Is God, with whom we have to do. |
| 2 | According to His nature shown |
| | God’s law requires that we must live, |
| | That He our souls may justify |
| | And unto us His blessing give. |
| 3 | The law can never give us life, |
| | Nor any strength to us supply, |
| | But doth its full demands exact |
| | And all our weakness show thereby. |
| 4 | It was not for God’s final plan, |
| | But for man’s sin was introduced, |
| | That man by breaking it might know |
| | Himself, his sin to him adduced. |
| 5 | ’Tis by the law all mouths are stopped |
| | And all are shut up under sin; |
| | It brings us to the Christ of God |
| | That God may bless us all in Him. |
| 6 | The law is but a type of Christ, |
| | Who God’s full testimony is, |
| | Who fully has expressed His love, |
| | His holiness and righteousness. |
| 7 | ’Tis Christ, God’s testimony real, |
| | Who doth with life divine supply, |
| | That with the law’s demands we may |
| | Be more than able to comply. |
| 8 | God’s living testimony, He; |
| | By whom God’s potent life we share; |
| | Thru Him we’re dead unto the law, |
| | And in His Spirit fruit we bear. |
Main
Hymns
Hymns Q&A
LSM Collection
Enjoying Hymns
Links