When earth in bondage long had [hast] lain

1 When earth in bondage long had lain,
And darkness o'er the nations reigned,
And all man's precepts proved in vain,
A perfect system to obtain--

Refrain:
A voice commissioned from on high!
Hark, Hark! It is the angel's cry,
Descending from the throne of light,
His garments shining clear and white!

2 He comes the gospel to reveal
In fullness to benighted man.
Restore the priesthood, long since lost,
In truth and pow'r as at the first. [Refrain]

3 Lo, from Cumorah's lonely hill
There comes a record of God's will,
Translated by the pow'r of God;
His voice bears record to the word. [Refrain]

4 And, now commissioned from on high,
God's servants faith, repentance cry,
Baptizing as in days of old
Into one Shepherd and one fold. [Refrain]

Source: Hymns of the Restoration #190