Wayfarer - How Long (Love Constraining to Obedience) Lyrics
To see the law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voiceCan change a slave into a child and duty into choiceNo strength of nature can suffice to serve the Lord arightAnd what she has she misapplies for want of clearer lightHow long, how long beneath the law I layHow long, how long I struggled to obeyThen to abstain from outward sin was more than I could doNow If I feel its power within, I feel I hate it tooThen all my servile works were done, a righteousness to raiseNow, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His waysHow long, how long beneath the law I layHow long, how long I struggled to obeyHow long, how long in bondage and distressHow long, how long I tried without success...