← Stand by the Law Hymns and Tunes (1888) · No. 1302

Stand by the Law

Stand by the law once proclaimed from Sinai;

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Stand by the law once proclaimed from Sinai;Some its teachings and its force deny:What says the Saviour? now hearken and obey,—"Not one jot or tittle shall pass away."

Chorus.

Stand by the law, stand by the law:Jesus the law did magnify;Stand by the law if you hope to enter heaven;The law proves us sinners; through Christ we 're forgiven.

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Ten are its precepts,—consider them again,—Love to God, and love to fellow-men:Four point to God and the duty that we owe,And six, our relation to mortals show.

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Since by the law we are sinners proved to be,Christ has died that we may all be free:Free from the death which the broken law demands,But not from obedience to its commands.

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Now if the law was unknown till Sinai,All were righteous who before did die!And, if its precepts by Christ were done away,There lives not a sinner on earth to-day!

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All yearly sabbaths, and offerings the same,Lost their meaning when the Saviour came;But kill the law, and the devil goes to heaven!No need of a Saviour, or sins forgiven!