English poem
The Gospel Jubilee. Psalm lxxxix. 15. compared with Levit. xxv. and Isa. lxi. 2
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Loud let the tuneful Trumpet sound, And spread the joyful Tidings round; Let ev'ry Soul with Transport hear, And hail the LORD'S accepted Year.
Ye Debtors, whom he gives to know, That you ten thousand Talents owe, When humbled at his Feet ye fall, Your gracious LORD forgives them all.
Slaves, that have borne the heavy Chain Of Sin and Hell's tyrannic Reign, To Liberty assert your Claim, And urge the great Redeemer's Name.
The rich Inheritance you lost, Restor'd, improv'd, you now may boast; Fair Salem your Arrival waits, To golden Streets, and pearly Gates.
Her blest Inhabitants no more Bondage, and Poverty deplore: No Debt, but Love immensely great, Whose Joy still rises with the Debt.
O happy Souls that know the Sound! GOD'S Light shall all their Steps surround; And shew that Jubilee begun, Which thro' eternal Years shall run.
More by Philip Doddridge
- The good Samaritan. Luke x. 30-37
- The Goodness of GOD acknowledged in giving Pastors after his own Heart. Jerem. iii. 15
- The Goodness which GOD has wrought, and laid up for his People. Psal. xxxi. 19
- The Gospel first preached at Jerusalem. Luke xxiv.-47
- The Gospel Treasure in earthen Vessels, 2 Cor. iv. 7
- The Grace of CHRIST in ministring to Men, and dying for them. Matt. xx. 28
- The grand Scheme of the Gospel. Ephes. i. 9, 10, 11
- The great Journey. Job xvi. 22