William Baxter Jubilee (1843)

 

T H E   L A D I E S '   R E P O S I T O R Y .
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CINCINNATI, MAY, 1843.

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O r i g i n a l .
J U B I L E E .*
BY WILLIAM BAXTER.
Our bonds are broken, we are free;
    And shall we not rejoice--
Shall not the song of triumph swell
    From every tuneful voice--
Rise from each mountain's topmost height?
    Let hill and valley ring
With Israel's deliverance,
    By her victorious King.
Jehovah, in the heathens' land,
    Hath made his wonders known;
Their princes see his mighty works
    Their gods are overthrown.
From bondage we will now return,
    Jerusalem, to thee--
To thee the scattered tribes shall flow,
    Like streamlets to the sea.
In tears this precious seed was sown--
    Deep sorrow mark'd our path--
The Lord has seen our contrite hearts,
    And has restrained his wrath.
Our God, to thee we now return,
    And at thy altar bend;
Accept, we pray, our sacrifice,
    And us from harm defend!
* 126th Psalm.

 

[The Ladies' Repository 3 (May 1843): 149.]

ABOUT THE ELECTRONIC EDITION

      William Baxter's "Jubilee" was first published in The Ladies' Repository, and Gatherings of the West: A Monthly Periodical Devoted to Literature and Religion, Vol. 3, No. 5, May 1843, p. 149. This volume, edited by L. L. Hamline, was published in Cincinnati by J. F. Wright and L. Swormstedt for the Methodist Episcopal Church.

      Addenda and corrigenda are earnestly solicited.

Ernie Stefanik
Derry, PA

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Updated 28 June 2003.

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