The phrase "The prisoner" resonates through 9 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
The prisoner
...Of the morrow’s early dawn.
Hark the sighing of the prisoners,
Hear their moanings loud and long;...
Of the morrow’s early dawn.
Hark the sighing of the prisoners,
Hear their moanings loud and long;
...And bursting by Thy might the infernal chain
That bound the prisoners, Thou, at three days’ ending,
As Jonah from the whale, hast risen again....
And bursting by Thy might the infernal chain
That bound the prisoners, Thou, at three days’ ending,
As Jonah from the whale, hast risen again.
...As my Redeemer, upon the tree;
The blood that setteth the prisoner free,
Will never lose its power....
As my Redeemer, upon the tree;
The blood that setteth the prisoner free,
Will never lose its power.
...Tell His power to loose the captive,
Set the prisoner free,
And proclaim to eager millions...
Tell His power to loose the captive,
Set the prisoner free,
And proclaim to eager millions
...O’er all the earth abroad,
Arrest the prisoner of Thy love,
And shut me up in God....
O’er all the earth abroad,
Arrest the prisoner of Thy love,
And shut me up in God.
...And bear His rich blessing away.
We’ll tell to the prisoners of sorrow,
With sympathy fervent and deep,...
And bear His rich blessing away.
We’ll tell to the prisoners of sorrow,
With sympathy fervent and deep,
...Binding his slaves in heavy chains;
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks,
The iron bondage from our necks....
Binding his slaves in heavy chains;
He sets the prisoners free, and breaks,
The iron bondage from our necks.
...Upon Thy bending shoulders weighed.
And death, which sets the prisoner free,
Was pang, and scoff, and scorn to Thee;...
Upon Thy bending shoulders weighed.
And death, which sets the prisoner free,
Was pang, and scoff, and scorn to Thee;
...Would make that Heav’n as dark as hell.
The prisoner, sent to breathe fresh air,
And blessed with liberty again,...
Would make that Heav’n as dark as hell.
The prisoner, sent to breathe fresh air,
And blessed with liberty again,
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