Hymn 52
Baptism.
Matt. 28:19; Acts 2:38.
'Twas the commission of our Lord,"Go teach the nations, and baptize:"The nations have received the wordSince he ascended to the skies.
He sits upon th' eternal hills,With grace and pardon in his hands;And sends his cov'nant with the seals,To bless the distant British lands.
"Repent, and be baptized," he saith,For the remission of your sins:"And thus our sense assists our faith,And shows us what his gospel means.
Our souls he washes in his blood,As water makes the body clean;And the good Spirit from our GodDescends like purifying rain.
Thus we engage ourselves to thee,And seal our cov'nant with the Lord;O may the great eternal ThreeIn heav'n our solemn vows record!
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