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Hymns for Second Advent Believers 147

FREEDOM FROM BONDAGE

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1OUR bondage it will end by and by, when he comes,
Our bondage it will end when he comes;
And from Egypt's yoke set free,
Hail the glorious jubilee,
And to glory we'll return by and by when he comes,
And to glory we'll return when he comes.

2Our Deliverer, he will come, by and by,
And our sorrows have an end,
When our Saviour shall descend,
And glory crown the day by and by when he comes,
And glory crown the day when he comes.

3Though our enemies are strong, we'll go on,
Though our hearts do sometimes fear,
Lo Israel's God is near,
And the fiery pillar moves, we'll go on, &c.

4And when to Jordan's flood, we are come,
Jehovah swells the tide,
And the waters he'll divide,
And the ransom'd hosts will shout, we are come, &c.

5There friends shall meet again, who have loved,
And their union will be sweet,
At the Redeemer's feet,
When we meet to part no more, who have loved, &c.

6There with all the happy throng, we'll rejoice,
Shouting glory to our King,
Till the vaults of Heaven ring,
And to all eternity, we'll rejoice, &c.

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The verse

Meter
13.10.7.8.13.10
Foot
trochaic (DUM-da) · 35% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABBC
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Verse 1

OUR bondage it will end by and by, when he comes,/˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/13A
Our bondage it will end when he comes;/˘/˘˘˘//˘/10A
And from Egypt's yoke set free,˘˘/˘///7B
Hail the glorious jubilee,/˘/˘˘/˘/8B
And to glory we'll return by and by when he comes,˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/13A
And to glory we'll return when he comes.˘˘/˘/˘//˘/10A

Verse 2

Our Deliverer, he will come, by and by,/˘˘/˘˘˘˘/˘˘˘12A
And our sorrows have an end,˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B
When our Saviour shall descend,//˘/˘˘˘˘/9B
And glory crown the day by and by when he comes,˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/12C
And glory crown the day when he comes.˘/˘/˘//˘/9C

Verse 3

Though our enemies are strong, we'll go on,//˘/˘˘˘///˘11A
Though our hearts do sometimes fear,//˘/˘˘//8B
Lo Israel's God is near,//˘/˘/6B
And the fiery pillar moves, we'll go on, &c.˘˘/˘˘/˘///˘/12C

Verse 4

And when to Jordan's flood, we are come,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9A
Jehovah swells the tide,˘/˘/˘/6B
And the waters he'll divide,˘˘/˘/˘/7B
And the ransom'd hosts will shout, we are come, &c.˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘//11C

Verse 5

There friends shall meet again, who have loved,//˘/˘/˘˘/9A
And their union will be sweet,˘˘/˘˘˘/7B
At the Redeemer's feet,˘˘???/6B
When we meet to part no more, who have loved, &c./˘/˘/˘/˘˘//11C

Verse 6

There with all the happy throng, we'll rejoice,/˘/˘/˘//˘/10A
Shouting glory to our King,/˘/˘˘/˘/8B
Till the vaults of Heaven ring,/˘/˘/˘/7B
And to all eternity, we'll rejoice, &c.˘˘/˘/˘˘/˘//11C

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.