| 1 | In ancient times the law of God |
| | In letter was engraved on stone; |
| | But now it is a law of life, |
| | Which in our heart is written down. |
| 2 | The law in letters good demands |
| | And thus our utter weakness shows; |
| | But now the law of life sustains, |
| | And strength for God to please bestows. |
| 3 | The law in letters brings to us |
| | God’s knowledge only outwardly; |
| | But now the law of life supplies |
| | A deeper knowledge inwardly. |
| 4 | The law in letters can but rule |
| | By dead commandments outwardly; |
| | But now the law of life controls |
| | By living knowledge inwardly. |
| 5 | This living law is moving now |
| | In all of our experience, |
| | To regulate us from within |
| | And check us by our inner sense. |
| 6 | How deep its regulation is |
| | Within the inmost part of us, |
| | A living consciousness to give, |
| | And God Himself impart to us. |
| 7 | ’Tis by this living law of life |
| | We need no teaching outwardly, |
| | For all God’s living knowledge now |
| | This law will teach us inwardly. |
| 8 | Lord, teach us by this law to walk, |
| | Its inner ruling to obey, |
| | That we may of Thyself partake |
| | And know Thee in a living way. |
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