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| Text: | The Law Of God Is Good And Wise |
| Author: | M. Loy |
| Tune: | WITTENBERG |
| Composer: | J. Klug |
1 The Law of God is good and wise
And sets His will before our eyes;
Shows us the way of righteousness
And dooms to death when we transgress.
2 Its light of holiness imparts
The knowledge of our sinful hearts,
That we may see our lost estate
And seek deliv'rance ere too late.
3 To those who help in Christ have found
And would in works of love abound,
It shows what deeds are His delight
And should be done as good and right.
4 When men the offered help disdain
And dead in sin and woe remain,
Its terror in their ear resounds
And keeps their wickedness in bounds.
5 The law is good, but since the fall
Its holiness condemns us all:
It dooms us for our sins to die
And has no pow'r to justify.
6 To Jesus we for refuge flee,
Who from the curse has set us free,
And humbly worship at His throne,
Saved by His grace thro' faith alone.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | The Law of God is good and wise |
| Title: | The Law Of God Is Good And Wise |
| Author: | M. Loy (1863) |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1930 |
| Topic: | The Means of Grace: The Word |
| Tune Information | |
|---|---|
| Name: | WITTENBERG |
| Composer: | J. Klug (1543) |
| Meter: | L. M. |
| Key: | e minor |
| Source: | German chorale: Erhalt uns, Herr, bei deinem Wort |
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