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BAPTISM.
4 Could you have seen that man
Who shed his precious blood,
And John the Baptist stand,
In Jordan’s rolling flood,
Then seen him plunged beneath the wave,
An emblem of his future grave;
5 How quickly would you move
Beneath the flowing strand,
To follow him you love,
In this his great command !
Then, O believer, haste away,
And be baptized without delay.

219 S. M.
The Spirit’* approval of baptism.
1 PvOWN to the sacred wave
L-' The Lord of life was led,
And he who came our souls to save,
In Jordan laid his head.
2 He taught the solemn way,
He fixed the holy rite,
He bade his ransomed ones obey,
And keep the path of light.
3 The Holy Ghost came down,
The baptism to approve,
The ordinance of christ to crown
And stamp it with his love.
4 Dear Saviour, we will tread
In thy appointed way ;
Let glory o’er these scenes be shed
And smile on us to-day.
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