"The Law Commands and Makes Us Know" by Isaac Watts, 1674-1748 Text From: THE HANDBOOK TO THE LUTHERAN HYMNAL (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1942) p.210 1. The Law commands and makes us know What duties to our God we owe; But 'tis the Gospel must reveal Where lies our strength to do his will. 2. The Law discovers guilt and sin And shows how vile our hearts have been; The Gospel only can express Forgiving love and cleansing grace. 3. What curses doth the Law denounce Against the man who fails but once! But in the Gospel Christ appears, Pardoning the guilt of numerous years. 4. My soul, no more attempt to draw Thy life and comfort from the Law Fly to the hope the Gospel gives; The man that trusts the promise lives. _______________________________________ Notes from _The Lutheran Hymnal_ Hymn #289 Text: Ps. 19:9 Author: Isaac Watts, 1709 Tune: "Old Hundredth" 1st Published in: _Genevan Psalter_,1551 _________________________________________________________ This text was converted to ascii format for Project Wittenberg by Debbie Harris and is in the public domain. You may freely distribute, copy or print this text. Please direct any comments or suggestions to: Rev. Robert E. Smith Walther Library at Concordia Theological Seminary E-mail: bob_smith@ctsfw.edu Surface Mail: 6600 N.Clinton St., Ft.Wayne,IN 46825 USA Phone: (219) 452-2148 Fax: (219) 452-2126 __________________________________________________________