553    C.M.     W. Gadsby
The Breaker. Micah 2. 13; Jer. 23. 29

1 The Breaker is gone forth in love,
  With power and skill divine;
  Descending from the realms above,
  To quell his foes and mine.

2 In love to Zion, he has broke
  The powers of death and hell;
  And her from Sinai’s dreadful yoke
  Has broken off as well.

3 Though death, and law, and sin agree
  This Breaker to arrest,
  He breaks their bonds, himself sets free,
  With Zion on his breast.

4 He breaks his children’s hearts in twain,
  And brings proud nature down;
  The hearts he breaks he heals again,
  And on them puts a crown.

5 [He breaks through every darksome cloud,
  And shows his lovely face;
  Which makes the sinner sing aloud,
  “Salvation is of grace.”]

6 [He breaks the traps and gins that lie
  To catch poor pilgrims’ feet;
  And, when they stumble, makes them fly
  To him, their safe retreat.]

7 He’ll break the strings of nature soon,
  And bid the prisoner fly
  Beyond the reach of sin and gloom,
  His glory to enjoy.