Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1843
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: 'Tis not the law of ten commands
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: CM
Tune: Stephens
Hymn Number: Song 163 (part I)
Page Number: 235 (part I), click to see hymnal pages
Lyics'Tis not the law of ten commands,
On holy Sinai giv'n,
Or sent to men by Moses' hands,
Can bring us safe to heav'n.
'Tis not the blood which Aaron spilt,
Nor smoke of sweetest smell,
Can buy a pardon for our guilt,
Or save our souls from hell.
Aaron the priest resigns his breath
At God's immediate will;
And in the desert yields to death
Upon th' appointed hill.
And thus on yonder side
The tribes of Israel stand,
While Moses bow'd his head and died
Short of the promis'd land.
Israel rejoice, now Joshua leads,
He'll bring your tribes to rest;
So far the Saviour's name exceeds
The ruler and the priest.