Devotional Verses Founded on and Illustrative of select Texts of Scripture [by Bernard Barton] |
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FREE REDEMPTION. |
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FREE REDEMPTION.
“For thus saith the Lord, ye have sold yourselves for nought,
and ye shall be redeemed without money.”
—Isaiah, lii. 3.
Ye sold yourselves for nought,
Redemption is as free,
Why are ye not then brought
By Jesus unto me?
Redemption is as free,
Why are ye not then brought
By Jesus unto me?
Such, Lord, thy language still,
The gracious words repeat,
And bend and bow the will
Before thy judgment seat.
The gracious words repeat,
And bend and bow the will
Before thy judgment seat.
There mercy yet is shown,
There love still hovers round,
Salvation is made known,
And free redemption found.
There love still hovers round,
Salvation is made known,
And free redemption found.
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Though we ourselves have brought
To slavery's galling chain,
A Saviour's love, unbought,
May ransom us again.
To slavery's galling chain,
A Saviour's love, unbought,
May ransom us again.
Though sin's destroying flood
Have swept our peace away,
Yet Christ's atoning blood
That torrent's course can stay.
Have swept our peace away,
Yet Christ's atoning blood
That torrent's course can stay.
Though earth contain no gem
To ransom man from vice,
In thy bright diadem
Is set that Pearl of Price.
To ransom man from vice,
In thy bright diadem
Is set that Pearl of Price.
A Pearl—compar'd with which
The ruby has no worth,
Which makes the poorest rich,
Possessing more than earth.
The ruby has no worth,
Which makes the poorest rich,
Possessing more than earth.
And they who seek thy face,
Thy mercy shall supply,
From free, unpurchas'd grace,
With what worlds could not buy.
Thy mercy shall supply,
From free, unpurchas'd grace,
With what worlds could not buy.
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