Evangelical Lutheran hymnal ‎#381

381. And shall we still be slaves

1 And shall we still be slaves,
And in our fetters lie,
When summoned by a voice divine
T'assert our liberty?

2 Did Christ the Saviour bleed,
Our freedom to obtain?
And shall we trample on His blood,
And glory in our chain?

3 Shall we go on to sin,
Because His grace abounds;
Or crucify the Lord again,
And open all His wounds?

4 Forbid it, mighty God!
Nor let it e'er be said
That those, for whom Thy Son has died,
In vice are lost and dead.

Text Information

• First Line: And shall we still be slaves
• Author: Isaac Watts (1709)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1908
• Topic: Sunday after New Year's; Second Sunday in Lent; Sixth Sunday in Lent; Third Sunday after Easter; Sixth Sunday after Trinity; Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity; Twenty Second Sunday after Trinity; Christian Life and Hope: The Walk of Godliness: Christian Resolve and Holiness

Tune Information

• Name: ST. THOMAS
• Composer: Aaron Williams (1770)
• Meter: S. M. No. 3
• Key: G Major