161. “We, being many, are one bread." 1 Cor. x. 17. C. M. 1 HOW happy are Thy servants, Lord, Who thus remember Thee! What tongue can tell our sweet accord, 2 Who Thy mysterious supper share, 3 One with the living bread divine, Our hearts, and minds, and spirits join, 4 So dear the tie where souls agree Then only can it closer be, BAPTISM. 162."Go ye, therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost." Matt. xxviii. 19. L.M. 1 COME, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! Honour the means enjoined by Thee; Make good our apostolic boast, And own Thy glorious ministry. 2 We now Thy promised presence claim : 5 Come, Holy Spirit, from on high, 6 Pour forth Thy energy divine, 163. "Baptized into his death." Rom. vi. 3. 1 JESUS! we lift our souls to Thee: Thy powerful Spirit breathe; And let this little infant be Baptized into Thy death. C. M. 2 Oh let Thine unction on [him] rest; 3 If Thou shouldst quickly end [his] days, [His] place with Thee prepare; Or, if Thou lengthen out [his] race, Continue still Thy care. 4 Thy faithful servant may [he] prove, A sharer in Thy dying love, 5 Lord, plant us all into Thy death, 164. "By the washing of regeneration." Tit. iii. 5. P. M. 1 FATHER, Son, and Holy Ghost! Hear us, sinful worms of earth, 2 Vain is every outward rite, Bid this infant come to Thee. 3 Let Thy promised inward grace On [his] new-born soul impress 165. “His righteousness (is) unto children's children, to to such as keep his covenant." Psal. ciii. 17, 18. C. M. double. 10 THOU whose covenant is sure Whose mercies age on age endure, Thou art our fathers' God; we plead Pour down Thy Spirit on our seed, M 2 In Thee our fathers put their trust; Heirs to their faith, their hope, their prayers, We the same path pursue. Entail the blessing to our heirs. Lord! shew Thy promise true. 166. "We will go with our young, with our sons, ana with our daughters.” Exod. x. 9. 7's. 1 GRACIOUS Lord, our children see! 2 When the angel of the Lord, 167. "I have no greater joy than to hear that 1 walk in truth." 3 John 4. S. M. GREAT God! now condescend To bless our rising race: my Soon may their willing spirits bend, children |