{"id":1119,"date":"2026-05-25T00:26:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:26:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/?page_id=1119"},"modified":"2026-05-25T00:26:51","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T00:26:51","slug":"song-of-wilberforce-lyrics","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/song-of-wilberforce-lyrics\/","title":{"rendered":"Song of Wilberforce Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/The-Conscience-of-Parliament-Voice-of-Freedom-Sonauto.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Voice of Freedom<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 1]<br>Beneath the spire<br>Amongst the silk and stone<br>A conscience burns with steady fire<br>He stands inside the halls alone<br>Words of truth<br>Meeting walls of gold<br>One man claims a different path<br>Where human lives are never bought or sold<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Forty years of trying<br>While a world is dying<br>Every petition signed in blood<br>Holding back the rising flood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>William Wilberforce<br>Lead us through the narrow gate<br>To break the heavy iron chains<br>Restore the light and change our fate<br>William Wilberforce<br>Voice that rings through all of time<br>Upholding every stolen soul<br>And turning duty into something truly sublime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Verse 2]<br>Opposition screams<br>Across the crowded room<br>Yet the gospel shapes his dreams<br>Lighting up the heavy gloom<br>Tenacious spirit<br>He will never bow<br>The moral weight of ancient wrong<br>Must be corrected here and now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Pre-Chorus]<br>Forty years of trying<br>While a world is dying<br>Every petition signed in blood<br>Holding back the rising flood<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>William Wilberforce<br>Lead us through the narrow gate<br>To break the heavy iron chains<br>Restore the light and change our fate<br>William Wilberforce<br>Voice that rings through all of time<br>Upholding every stolen soul<br>And turning duty into something truly sublime<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Bridge]<br>Eighteen hundred and seven<br>Witnessed by the host of heaven<br>No more trade across the deep<br>Promises we have to keep<br>The victory is near<br>Justice cast out every fear<br>Be the change<br>Be the hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">[Chorus]<br>William Wilberforce<br>Lead us through the narrow gate<br>To break the heavy iron chains<br>Restore the light and change our fate<br>William Wilberforce<br>Voice that rings through all of time<br>Upholding every stolen soul<br>And turning duty into something truly sublime<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Voice of Freedom [Verse 1]Beneath the spireAmongst the silk and stoneA conscience burns with steady fireHe stands inside the halls aloneWords of truthMeeting walls of goldOne man claims a different pathWhere human lives are never bought or sold [Pre-Chorus]Forty years of tryingWhile a world is dyingEvery petition signed in bloodHolding back the rising flood [Chorus]William [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1119","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1122,"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1119\/revisions\/1122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/museum.wiserighteous.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}