1. Once I was bound by sin’s galling fetters,
    Chained like a slave I struggled in vain,
    But I received a freedom so glorious,
    When Jesus broke my fetters in twain.

                CHORUS

    I have found freedom, wonderful freedom,
    No more in chains of sin I repine,
    Jesus my glorious Emancipator,
    Eternal glory ever is mine.

2. Freedom from all the carnal affections,  
    Freedom from envy, hatred and strife,
    Freedom from vain and worldly ambitions,
    Freedom from all that saddened my life.

3. Freedom from pride and vain conversation,
    Freedom from fame and lusting of gold,
    Freedom from evil temper and badness,
    Glorious freedom, rapture untold.

4. Freedom from fear with all of its torments,
    Freedom from care and from all its pain;
    Freedom in Christ my blessed Redeemer,
    He who was dead now liveth again.