KenH
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A hymn written by Joseph Irons in Zion's Hymns. (in common meter)
Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
"Satan Dispossessed"
1. Among the tombs of old was found,
A man, by fiends possess'd;
Who neither could be tam'd, nor bound,
And knew no place of rest.
2. A striking emblem of my heart,
Where Satan held his seat,
Till Jesus did His grace impart,
And bid the foe retreat.
3. Behold His love, and pity rise;
Through seas and storms He comes:
The legion at His presence flies;
The man forsakes the tombs.
4. When He the sov'reign mandate gives,
The victim is resign'd;
At Jesus' feet behold he lives,
Cloth'd, and in his right mind.
Mark 5:15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were afraid.
"Satan Dispossessed"
1. Among the tombs of old was found,
A man, by fiends possess'd;
Who neither could be tam'd, nor bound,
And knew no place of rest.
2. A striking emblem of my heart,
Where Satan held his seat,
Till Jesus did His grace impart,
And bid the foe retreat.
3. Behold His love, and pity rise;
Through seas and storms He comes:
The legion at His presence flies;
The man forsakes the tombs.
4. When He the sov'reign mandate gives,
The victim is resign'd;
At Jesus' feet behold he lives,
Cloth'd, and in his right mind.