He left a shining home on high,
And came to save the lost;
The Emancipation of sin He signed,
By dying upon the cross.
Christ, the world’s Emancipator,
The Emancipator of sin;
Suffered and died upon Calvary,
For the wickedness of men.
Christ is the world’s Emancipator,
He died for every one;
Now He reigns in heaven above,
And His will must be done.
[DAYS OF MELANCHOLY]
O days of melancholy,
Thou art so sad and drear;
The cricket’s singing, summer has gone,
And winter days are near.
O days of melancholy,
When the leaves begin to die;
All nature looks so lonely,
We cannot help but sigh.
[A PLEA FOR JUSTICE]
O a solemn voice is pleading,
We are citizens in this land;
All we ask is to give us justice,
And recognize man as man.
For over two centuries the chain of bondage,
Stretched around the southern soil;
Kept us back from the path of knowledge,
The most we knew was the worst of toil.