Freedom Indeed

Oh Christian hear, let thine heart not be hard
But set our Saviour Jesus as its watchman and guard
Be not timid nor idle in thy daily prayer
For untwined from faith no fruit will it bear
Take up thy cross, be famished for the Word's bread
Let the blood be thy wine making old passions dead
For little time spent in the word of the Lord
Will soon and certain dull thy sword
And soon will follow a breech for sin
giving way to remorse and depression within
And so sink ye into a pit so deep
That for the sweet saviour's light ye will mourn and weep
Oh should ye be sorrowful but never dispair
There be no place where thy feet wander, but that the saviour is there
And thy feet, save for Him, finding no solid place
Would fall fast into darkness and leave ye on thy face
And Christian is it not there that ye should ere be found
Let not sin and suffering be thine only beckoning to solid ground
So plant not thy feet but thy knees on this Rock
Dare not to proclaim ye were worthy of the knock
That first was heard on thy soul's threshold
That glorious day when ye opened to behold
The father long estranged with arms open wide
saying sinner receive forgiveness let Me enter and abide
And were ye not then on thy face or thy knees
With so great an awe at the power of Him who frees
From so great a debt now paid forevermore
Did ye not weep in His presence and long for Him more
Has thy debt been reduced that was once paid
That ye no longer are grateful for the cross and the grave
Oh Christian let thine heart be bowed down again
and worship at His feet as when He first entered in
And sharpen thy sword by his words so sweet
Rise not by thine own strength but by His to your feet
And go to the world from whence ye are now free
To release the captives and proclaim freedom indeed