How Long (Love Constraining To Obedience)

To see the law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voice

Can change a slave into a child and duty into choice

No strength of nature can suffice to serve the Lord aright

And what she has she misapplies for want of clearer light

How long, how long beneath the law I lay

How long, how long I struggled to obey

Then to abstain from outward sin was more than I could do

Now If I feel its power within, I feel I hate it too

Then all my servile works were done, a righteousness to raise

Now, freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways

How long, how long beneath the law I lay

How long, how long I struggled to obey

How long, how long in bondage and distress

How long, how long I tried without success