Blessed Jesus, blessed Jesus,
May we all henceforth be thine.

4 Now the vows of God are on you
Be the slaves of sin no more;
O be humble, holy, faithful,
Till the toils of life are o'er.

Then, dear brethren, then, dear sisters,
May we meet on Canaan's shore.

Sigourney.

214. S. M.

Before immersion.

MINISTERS AND ELDERS.

1 CHOOSE ye his cross to bear
Who bow'd to Jordan's wave?
Clad in his armor, will ye dare,
In faith, a wat❜ry grave?

CANDIDATES.

2 We love his holy word;
His precepts we obey;
Buried in baptism with our Lord
We seek to be this day.

CHOIR.

3 All hail! ye blessed band!
Shrink not to do his will;
In deep humility this work
Of righteousness fulfil.

4 Tread in the Saviour's steps;
Invoke his spirit free;

And as he ope'd the gates of death
So may your rising be.

Judson.

215. L. M.

Following Christ.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, Dove divine!

On these baptismal waters shine,

Shirland.

Wells.

And teach our hearts, in highest strain,
To praise the Lamb for sinners slain.
2 We love thy name-we love thy laws-
And joyfully embrace thy cause;

We love thy cross, the shame, the pain,
O, Lamb of God! for sinners slain!
3 We plunge beneath thy mystic flood--
O, plunge us in thy cleansing blood;
We die to sin, and seek a grave
With thee, beneath the yielding wave.
4 And as we rise, with thee to live,
O let the Holy Spirit give

The sealing unction from above,-
The breath of life, the fire of love!

Judson.

216.

L. M.

Hamburg.

The baptism of Christ. Col. ii. 12.
1 OUR Saviour bow'd beneath the wave,
And meekly sought a wat'ry grave;
Come, see the sacred path he trod,-
A path well pleasing to our God.

2 His voice we hear, his footsteps trace,
And hither come to seek his face;
To do his will, to feel his love,
And join our songs with songs above.
3 Hosannas to the Lamb divine!

Let endless glories round him shine!
High o'er the heavens forever reign,
O Lamb of God, for sinners slain!

Sigourney. 217. s. M.

The example of Christ,

1 SAVIOUR, thy law we love— Thy pure example bless,

Seir.

And, with a firm, unwavering zeal,
Would in thy footsteps press.

2 Not to the fiery pains

By which the martyrs bled-
Not to the scourge, the thorn, the cross,
Our favor'd feet are led :

3 But, at this peaceful tide,
Assembled in thy fear,

The homage of obedient hearts
We humbly offer here.

218. L. M.

Trials after pleasant obedience. Mat. iv. 1.

1 WHEN the eternal Son of God
Had been baptiz'd in Jordan's flood,
To the lone desert he repairs,

And sore temptation firmly bears.

Wells.

2 Should you that have been now baptiz'd
Be thus with Satan's darts surpris'd,
Lift
up
to heaven your joyful eyes-
Your hope, your help, in Jesus lies.

3 Never presume to think, or say,

The stream hath wash'd your sins away:
Never depend on what's your own,
Nor trust to works nor duties done.

4 Each rite, which truth and love ordain,
Points to the Lamb that once was slain;
Our wand'ring thoughts to him they call,-
The centre and the soul of all.

5 Baptiz'd with Christ, be this your aim,
To dignify the Christian name:
With him aspire to things above,
And put on Christ in faith and love.

Epis. Col.

DOCTRINE.

219. S. M. Marlborough

Depravity. Job. xxv. 4.

1 AH, how shall fallen man
Be just before his God?
If he contend in righteousness
We fall beneath his rod.

2 If he our ways should mark,
With strict inquiring eyes,
Could we for one of thousand faults
A just excuse devise?

3 All-seeing, powerful God!

Who can with thee contend?
Or who that tries th' unequal strife
Shall prosper in the end?

4 The mountains, in thy wrath,
Their ancient seats forsake!
The trembling earth deserts her place!
Her rooted pillars shake!

5 Ah, how shall guilty man

Contend with such a God?

None, none can meet him, and escape,
But through the Saviour's blood.

Stennet.

220.

L. M.

Atonement. Job xxv. 4.

Winchester.

1 HOW shall the sons of men appear, Great God, before thine awful bar?

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How may the guilty hope to find
Acceptance with th' eternal mind?

2 Not vows, nor groans, nor broken cries-
Not the most costly sacrifice-

Nor infant blood, profusely spilt-
Will expiate a sinner's guilt.

3 The blood of Jesus Christ alone
Hath sov'reign virtue to atone ;
Here we will rest our only plea
When we approach, great God, to thee.

221. 11. 8. Zion's Pilgrim.

Distinguishing grace. Jer. xxxi. 3.

1 IN songs of sublime adoration and praise,
Ye pilgrims! for Zion who press,
Break forth, and extol the great Ancient of days,
His rich and distinguishing grace.

2 His love, from eternity fix'd upon you,
Broke forth, and discover'd its flame,

When each with the cords of his kindness he drew,

And brought you to love his great name.

3 O, had he not pitied the state you were in Your bosoms his love had ne'er felt,

You all would have liv'd, would have died, too, in sin,

And sunk with the load of your guilt.

What was there in you that could merit esteem, Or give the Creator delight?

""Twas even so, Father!" you ever must sing, "Because it seem'd good in thy sight."

"Twas all of thy grace we were brought to obey, While others were suffer'd to go