A MAN IN BONDS

They came within the hall in state

With all the pomp and power accrued

By those the world considers great.

Yet happy in their presence stood

A man in bonds.

What caused the happiness of Paul?

He was the freest there because

Each other soul within that hall

Under sin’s awesome burden was

A man in bonds.

Moved by the Saviour to repent

And finding Christ as his reward

Paul could be happy and content

To be, as “prisoner in the Lord”,

A man in bonds.