LIBERTY TO THE CAPTIVE.
WRITTEN ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF BRITISH EMANCIPATION.
Oh, Holy Father! just and true
Are all thy works, and words, and ways;
And unto Thee alone are due
Thanksgiving and eternal praise!
As children of Thy gracious care,
We veil the eye—we bend the knee;
With broken words of praise and prayer,
Father and God, we come to Thee.