General Conference Bulletin, vol. 4

THE CAPTIVE EXILE

The captive exile bound in sin,—
Cruel bondage of the soul within,—
Hasteneth to be loosed;
The Holy Spirit sent from God,
Doth search out all the world abroad,
And none can be excused.
To every clime, to every land,
Forth goes a consecrated band,
To tell of freedom blest;
Indued with power from on high,
They reach the hand to those who sigh
For life and peace and rest.
If Christ ye know, ye shall be free;
Thy blinded eyes be made to see
The riches of his grace;
No longer then by sin enslaved,
Thou shalt in him be fully saved,
And soon behold his face.
Count not the things of earth too dear,
But rather stand in awe and fear
Of him who on his throne
Doth dwell between the cherubim;
Let nothing now thy courage dim,
But trust in God alone. GCB April 9, 1901, page 153.1

C. H. Keslake.