532    148th     W. Gadsby
“The ransomed shall return.” Isa. 35. 10

1 The ransomed of the Lord
  Shall unto Zion come;
  A faithful, loving God
  Will surely bring them home;
  He gave his life a ransom-price
  And Zion shall in him rejoice.

2 The promise of the Lord
  Shall stand for ever good,
  And Zion shall record
  The wonders of his love.
  Redemption’s glorious work is done;
  The ransomed shall to Zion come.

3 [The Holy, Wise, and Just,
  His Well-Beloved gave;
  And shall the man be cursed
  That Jesus came to save?
  Shall sin and Satan Jesus cheat,
  Or prove the ransom incomplete?]

4 [O vanity extreme!
  And base that heart must be
  Whose tongue can dare proclaim
  The ransomed damned shall be.
  The debt is paid; the victory won;
  The ransomed shall to Zion come.]

5 [They shall rejoice in him,
  And in him they shall boast;
  He saves from wrath and sin,
  From guilt, law, and the curse.
  To Zion they shall all be led,
  And joy shall rest upon their head.]

6 ’Tis no uncertain sound
  The gospel-trumpet gives;
  The church in Christ is found,
  And by and in him lives;
  While Jesus lives to bring them home,
  The ransomed shall to Zion come.