809    C.M.     J. Hart
The Law and Grace. John 1. 17; Rom. 3. 31

1 Is, then, the law of God untrue,
  Which he by Moses gave?
  No! but to take it in this view,
  That it has power to save.

2 [Legal obedience were complete,
  Could we the law fulfil;
  But no man ever did so yet,
  And no man ever will.]

3 The law was never meant to give
  New strength to man’s lost race;
  We cannot act before we live,
  And life proceeds from grace.

4 But grace and truth by Christ are given;
  To him must Moses bow;
  Grace fits the new-born soul for heaven,
  And truth informs us how.

5 By Christ we enter into rest,
  And triumph o’er the fall;
  Whoe’er would be completely blest
  Must trust to Christ for all.