The prisoner of the Lord

Verse 1
The prisoner of the Lord,
But his Apostle too,
He own’d, the pardning word
Was every sinner’s due,
Nor could, wherever sent, delay
His evangelic debt to pay.

Verse 2
Employ in every place
With precious souls he found,
And made their hearts confess
The word could not be bound,
Which captive leads captivity,
And bids a sinful world be free.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled: “‘We were desired to tarry with them seven days.’—[Acts 28,] v. 14." This hymn appears in the 1764 manuscript “MS Acts.” This manuscript is part of the collection of the Methodist Archive and Research Centre in The John Rylands Library, The University of Manchester (accession number MA 1977/555, Charles Wesley Notebooks Box 1). Accessed through the website of The Center for Studies in the Wesleyan Tradition, Duke Divinity School. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 12 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1871), page 449.
Publishing: Public Domain