Verse 1
All praise to the Lord
Whose trumpet we hear,
Which speaks in his word
The festival year:
The loud proclamation
Of freedom from thrall,
And gospel-salvation
Is publish’d to all.

Verse 2
The year of release
Ev’n now is begun,
And pardon, and peace
With Jesus sent down:
Eternal redemption
Thro’ him we obtain,
And present exemption
From passion and[1] pain.

Verse 3
Ye spirits enslav’d,
Your liberty claim,
Believe, and be sav’d
Thro’ Jesus’s name;
That infinite lover
Of sinners embrace,
And gladly recover
His forfeited grace.

Verse 4
With joyfullest news
Your prisons resound,
Your fetters are loose,
Your souls are unbound:
Resume the possession
For which ye were born,
From Satan’s oppression
To heaven return.

[1] Wesley changed “passion and” to “passionate” in 1752.