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| Text: | Saints Freed from Hagar |
| Author: | W. Gadsby |
1 What! must the Christian draw
His comforts from the law,
That can do nothing but condemn?
If this be Zion’s rule,
Then unto Hagar’s school,
Must Sarah send her free-born son.
2 But the bond-woman’s son
With such shall not be one,
Isaac alone is lawful heir;
So Abra’m must obey,
And Ishmael send away,
Nor Hagar must continue there.
3 Jehovah has decreed,
None but the chosen seed
Shall ever be accounted free;
Not one shall e’er possess
The promised land of bliss,
But Abra’m’s lawful family.
4 And these shall all be freed
From bondage, guilt, and dread,
And bliss, immortal bliss enjoy;
Beyond, beyond the grave,
The land of promise have,
And live with God eternally.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | What! must the Christian draw |
| Title: | Saints Freed from Hagar |
| Author: | W. Gadsby |
| Meter: | 122nd |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1844 |
| Topic: | The Law and the Gospel |
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