Christian Worship Prayer For The Slave.
Father, who of old descended
From thy throne above the sky,
And thine Israel’s rights defended,
Hear the bondman’s anguished cry!
Hear how Ethiopia crieth,
Kneeling on the blood-stained sod;
And how sable Afric’ sigheth,
Lifting up her hands to God!
From the grasp of strong oppression,
From the tyrant’s rusting chain,
And from slavery’s deep depression,
With its life-long hours of pain;
From our country’s wide savannas,
Let the cry come up to thee,
Let the prayers become hosannas-
Father, set thy children free!