<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421654" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>We Were Pharaoh's Bondmen</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Beneath the tyrant Satan's yoke<br>Our souls were long oppressed;<br>Till grace our galling fetters broke,<br>And gave the weary rest. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Jesus, in that important hour,<br>His mighty arm made known;<br>He ransomed us by price, and pow'r,<br>And claimed us for his own. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, freed from bondage, sin, and death,<br>We walk in Wisdom's ways;<br>And wish to spend our every breath,<br>In wonder, love, and praise. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ere long, we hope with him to dwell<br>In yonder world above;<br>And now, we only live to tell<br>The riches of his love. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O might we, ere we hence remove,<br>Prevail upon our youth<br>To seek, that they may likewise prove,<br>His mercy and his truth, </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Like Simeon, we shall gladly go,<br>When Jesus calls us home;<br>If they are left a seed below,<br>To serve him in our room. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lord hear our prayer, indulge our hope,<br>On these thy Spirit pour;<br>That they may take our story up,<br>When we can speak no more.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Newton">John Newton</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=421654" data-title="We Were Pharaoh's Bondmen de John Newton" data-description="Beneath the tyrant Satan's yoke Our souls were long oppressed; Till grace our galling fetters broke, And gave the weary rest. Jesus, in that important hour, His mighty arm made known; He ransomed us by price, and pow'r, And claimed us for his ow..."></div> </div> </div>

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