Sin Enslaved Me Many Years, And Led Me Bound And Blind; Till At Length A Thousand Fears Came Swarming O'Er My Mind. 'Where,' I Said, In Deep Distress, 'Will These Sinful Pleasures End? How Shall I Secure My Peace, And Make The Lord My Friend?' Friends And Ministers Said Much The Gospel To Enforce; But My Blindness Still Was Such, I Chose A Legal Course: Much I Fasted, Watch'D, And Strove, Scarce Would Show My Face Abroad, Fear'D Almost To Speak Or Move, A Stranger Still To God. Thus Afraid To Trust His Grace, Long Time Did I Rebel; Till, Despairing Of My Case, Down At His Feet I Fell: Then My Stubborn Heart He Broke, And Subdued Me To His Sway; By A Simple Word He Spoke, 'Thy Sins Are Done Away.'