
Hymnal: A Collection of Hymns and Prayers, for Public and Private Worship #88 (1845) Meter: 6.6.8.6 First Line: And shall we still be slaves Lyrics: 1 And shall we still be slaves,
And in our fetters lie,
When summon'd by a voice divine
T'assert our liberty?
2 Did Christ the Savior bleed,
Our freedom to obtain?
And shall we trample on his blood,
And glory in our chain?
3 Shall we go on to sin,
Because thy grace abounds;
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all his wounds?
4 Forbid it, mighty God!
Nor let it e'er be said,
That those, for whom thy Son has died,
In vice are lost and dead.
5 The man that durst despise
The law that Moses brought,
Behold! how terriby he dies
For his presumptuous fault.
6 But sorer vengeance falls
On that rebellious race,
Who hate to hear when Jesus calls,
And dare resist his grace. Topics: Christ His Mission and Works; Christ His Sufferings and Death Languages: English
Freedom in the Death of Jesus