99. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.How can a sinning man with God be just?This grand inquiry all men need to make,For all are guilty; and they well may quakeFor flagrant evil deeds or secret lust,For which God's law smites down their prideful trust.Ye sleepers on the brink of woe! awakeAnd to the Gospel listen:—that can breakThe fetters binding all the lost unjust.Justice and love in wonderful display,Mercy and truth in union sweet combine,And shine forth glorious in the scheme divine.The word reveal'd unfolds to us the way,By which we, sinners, can be just with God;—It is byFaithin Christ's atoning blood.
99. JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH.
How can a sinning man with God be just?This grand inquiry all men need to make,For all are guilty; and they well may quakeFor flagrant evil deeds or secret lust,For which God's law smites down their prideful trust.Ye sleepers on the brink of woe! awakeAnd to the Gospel listen:—that can breakThe fetters binding all the lost unjust.Justice and love in wonderful display,Mercy and truth in union sweet combine,And shine forth glorious in the scheme divine.The word reveal'd unfolds to us the way,By which we, sinners, can be just with God;—It is byFaithin Christ's atoning blood.
How can a sinning man with God be just?
This grand inquiry all men need to make,
For all are guilty; and they well may quake
For flagrant evil deeds or secret lust,
For which God's law smites down their prideful trust.
Ye sleepers on the brink of woe! awake
And to the Gospel listen:—that can break
The fetters binding all the lost unjust.
Justice and love in wonderful display,
Mercy and truth in union sweet combine,
And shine forth glorious in the scheme divine.
The word reveal'd unfolds to us the way,
By which we, sinners, can be just with God;—
It is byFaithin Christ's atoning blood.