4.
“The year of My redeemed is come.”
O wonderful fulfilment! is this He
Who comes down to announce th' eternal year
Of our release, to liberate from fear,
To ope the gates and set the prisoner free,
And is Himself our very Jubilee;
Yet thus, as some bruised Captive doth appear,
As one weighed by oppression most severe,
And needing all the power of liberty!
Thus He Himself, O wondrous sight! is found
With darkness and with chains encompass'd round,
Who comes to pour the light on blinded eyes.
Yet thus it is He brings to earth the skies,
That wheresoe'er a prisoner now remains
He may be with him in his silent chains.
