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BAPTISM.
2 When yon behold the sacred wave,
You see the emblem of his grave.
Come all who would his laws obey,
And view the place where Jesus lay.
3 When you ascend above the flood,
Then call to mind the rising God.
Ye saints, lift up your joyful eyes,
Exulting see your Saviour rise.
4 Ye too are buried with your Lord,
Who in the water own his word,
And joyfully behold therein
An emblem of your death to sin.
5 Fresh from the stream and filled with love
Far from the tents of sin remove,
Nobly from strength to strength proceed,
And rise to every righteous deed.
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Single verses just before baptism, or at any interesting time

Was not the Lord who came to save,
Buried in such a liquid grave ?
2 Jesus, my Saviour and my all,
Methinks I hear thy gentle call;
These are the sounds that chide my stay,
' Arise, my love, and come away.’
3 Ye who your native vileness mourn,
And to the great Redeemer turn,
Who see your wretched state by sin,
Ye blessed of the Lord, come in.
4 All ye that love Emmanuel’s name,
And long to feel the increasing flame,
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