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BAPTISM.
3 O sacred rite! by thee the name
Of Jesus we to own begin ;
This is our resurrection pledge,
Pledge of the pardon of our sin.
4 Glory to God on high be given,
Who shows his grace to sinful men,
Let saints on earth and hosts in heaven
In concert join their loud amen.
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The believer constrained by the love of Christ to follow him.
1 FA EAR Lord, and will thy pard’ning love
L> Embrace a wretch so vile?
Wilt thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with thy smile ?
2 Hast thou the cross for me endured,
And all its shame despised ?
And shall I be ashamed, O Lord,
With thee to be baptized ?
3 Didst thou the great example lead
In Jordan’s swelling flood ?
And shall my pride disdain the deed
That’s worthy of my God.
4 Dear Lord, the ardor of thy love
Reproves my cold delays ;
And now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways.
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Immersion,
1 ’“THUS was the great Redeemer plunged
' In Jordan’s swelling flood,
To show he must be soon baptized
In tears, and sweat, and blood.
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