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William Cowper - Olney Hymn 54: Love Constraining To Obedience
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No strength of nature can suffice 
To serve the Lord aright: 
And what she has she misapplies, 
For want of clearer light. 

How long beneath the law I lay 
In bondage and distress; 
I toll`d the precept to obey, 
But toil`d without success. 

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. 

"What shall I do," was then the word, 
"That I may worthier grow?" 
"What shall I render to the Lord?" 
Is my inquiry now. 

To see the law by Christ fulfilled 
And hear His pardoning voice, 
Changes a slave into a child, 
And duty into choice.
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