[Lyric] How Long Love Constraining to Obedience (Pacific Gold)

[Verse]
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

[Chorus]
How long, how long beneath the law I lay
How long, how long I struggled to obey

[Verse]
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
And freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways
Freely chosen in the Son, I freely choose His ways

[Chorus]
How long, how long bеneath the law I lay
How long, how long I struggled to obеy
How long, how long in bondage and distress
How long, how long I tried without success
I tried without success
[Instrumental]

[Verse]
To see the law by Christ fulfilled, to hear His pardoning voice
Can change a slave into a child and duty into choice

[Chorus]
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
I tried without success
I tried without success

How long, how long
How long, how long
How long, how long
How long, how long