The phrase "iron" resonates through 20 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
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Let tyrants shake their iron rods,
And slavery clank her galling chains:...
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Let tyrants shake their iron rods,
And slavery clank her galling chains:
...For our captain has broken the brazen gates,
And burst the bars of iron,
And burst the bars of iron....
For our captain has broken the brazen gates,
And burst the bars of iron,
And burst the bars of iron.
...Let it now the image smite,
Break the iron and the clay,
Conquer, not by power or might,...
Let it now the image smite,
Break the iron and the clay,
Conquer, not by power or might,
...Nor bid His golden scepter turn
Into an iron rod.
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Nor bid His golden scepter turn
Into an iron rod.
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...And tremble at His Word.
Now let the iron sinew bow,
And take His easy yoke;...
And tremble at His Word.
Now let the iron sinew bow,
And take His easy yoke;
...Yet Christ is stronger far than he.
Christ breaks in twain his iron bands,
And rescues captives from his hands;...
Yet Christ is stronger far than he.
Christ breaks in twain his iron bands,
And rescues captives from his hands;
...The cold grave could not hold Him,
Nor death’s cold iron hand.
For angels came from Heaven,...
The cold grave could not hold Him,
Nor death’s cold iron hand.
For angels came from Heaven,
...A faithful God restrains their hands,
And chains them down in iron bands.
Bound by His word, He will display...
A faithful God restrains their hands,
And chains them down in iron bands.
Bound by His word, He will display
...O praise His name, ’twill not be long.
With iron grasp and angry brow,
The nations wield their scepter now,...
O praise His name, ’twill not be long.
With iron grasp and angry brow,
The nations wield their scepter now,
...Shall see the nations broke, subdued,
And scattered by Thine iron rod,
Swift as the shivered vessel flies...
Shall see the nations broke, subdued,
And scattered by Thine iron rod,
Swift as the shivered vessel flies
...Those sinners who refuse His grace
Shall sink beneath His iron rod.
Soon shall that dreadful day appear,...
Those sinners who refuse His grace
Shall sink beneath His iron rod.
Soon shall that dreadful day appear,
...Rome seized the scepter—where are we today?
Down in the feet of iron and of clay,
Weak and divided, soon to pass away;...
Rome seized the scepter—where are we today?
Down in the feet of iron and of clay,
Weak and divided, soon to pass away;
...My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed....
My soul should stretch her wings in haste,
Fly fearless through death’s iron gate,
Nor feel the terrors as she passed.
...The Savior spoke in anguish,
As sharp iron nails went through.
No word of anger spoke He...
The Savior spoke in anguish,
As sharp iron nails went through.
No word of anger spoke He
...They that mourn in dungeon gloom,
Bound in iron and despair,
Sentenced to a heavier doom...
They that mourn in dungeon gloom,
Bound in iron and despair,
Sentenced to a heavier doom
...Thy rule, O Christ, begin;
Break with Thine iron rod
The tyrannies of sin....
Thy rule, O Christ, begin;
Break with Thine iron rod
The tyrannies of sin.
...His Spirit sends.
O heart more hard than iron! not to weep
At this; thy sin it was...
His Spirit sends.
O heart more hard than iron! not to weep
At this; thy sin it was
...His Spirit sends.
O heart more hard than iron! not to weep
At this; thy sin it was...
His Spirit sends.
O heart more hard than iron! not to weep
At this; thy sin it was
...That clothed Himself in clay,
Entered the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away....
That clothed Himself in clay,
Entered the iron gates of death,
And tore the bars away.
...Jesus is risen, is risen today!
Death’s iron bondage His strong hands have broken;
Come, speaks the angel, behold where He lay!...
Jesus is risen, is risen today!
Death’s iron bondage His strong hands have broken;
Come, speaks the angel, behold where He lay!
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