Glorious Freedom

Once I was bound by sin’s gall­ing fet­ters;

Chained like a slave

I strug­gled in vain.

But I re­ceived a glo­ri­ous free­dom

When Je­sus broke my fet­ters in twain.

Glorious free­dom! Won­der­ful free­dom!

No more in chains of sin I re­pine!

Jesus the glo­ri­ous Em­an­ci­pat­or—

Now and for­ev­er He shall be mine.

Freedom from all the car­nal af­fect­ions;

Freedom from en­vy

hat­red and strife;

Freedom from vain and world­ly am­bi­tions;

Freedom from all that sad­dened my life!

Freedom from pride and all sin­ful fol­lies;

Freedom from love and glit­ter of gold;

Freedom from ev­il tem­per and an­ger;

Glorious free­dom

rap­ture un­told!

Freedom from fear with all of its tor­ments;

Freedom from care with all of its pain;

Freedom in Christ

my bless­èd Re­deem­er—

He who has rent my fet­ters in twain.