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My God, what silken cords are thine! How soft, and yet how strong! While power, and truth, and love combine, To draw our souls along. Thou sawest us crushed beneath the yoke Of Satan and of sin: Thy hand the iron bondage broke, Our worthless hearts to win. Drawn by such cords, we onward move, Till round thy throne we meet; And, captive in the chains of love, Embrace our conqueror’s feet.
My God, what silken cords are thine! How soft, and yet how strong! While power, and truth, and love combine, To draw our souls along. Thou sawest us crushed beneath the yoke Of Satan and of sin: Thy hand the iron bondage broke, Our worthless hearts to win. Drawn by such cords, we onward move, Till round thy throne we meet; And, captive in the chains of love, Embrace our conqueror’s feet.
Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- Philip Doddridge
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- Approximate author period: c. 1726 AD · early modern
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 84 · printed citation: Doddridge · subject: BONDAGE
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