5 Up into thee, our living Head,
Let us in all things grow,
Till thou hast made us free indeed,
And spotless here below.

6 Then when the mighty work is wrought, Receive thy ready bride;

Give us in heaven a happy lot

With all the sanctified.

809.

Charles Wesley, 1750.

C. M.

1 PLANTED in Christ, the living vine,
This day, with one accord,
Ourselves, with humble faith and joy,
We yield to thee, O Lord.

2 Joined in one body may we be;
One inward life partake;

One be our heart, one heavenly hope
In every bosom wake.

3 In prayer, in effort, tears, and toils,
One wisdom be our guide;

Taught by one Spirit from above,
In thee may we abide.

4 Then, when among the saints in light
Our joyful spirits shine,

Shall anthems of immortal praise,
O Lamb of God, be thine!

810.

S. F. Smith, 1843.

1 WITNESS, ye men and angels, now
Before the Lord we speak ;

To him we make our solemn vow,
A vow we dare not break:-

C. M

2 That, long as life itself shall last,
Ourselves to Christ we yield;
Nor from his cause will we depart,
Or ever quit the field.

3 We trust not in our native strength,
But on his grace rely,

That with returning wants the Lord
Will all our need supply.

4 Oh guide our doubtful feet aright,
And keep us in thy ways;

And, while we turn our vows to prayers,
Turn thou our prayers to praise.

Benjamin Beddome, 1818.

811.

BAPTISM.

L. M.

1 COME, Holy Spirit, Dove divine,
On these baptismal waters shine,
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,
Oh, 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,
Oh, let the Holy Spirit give
The sealing unction from above,
The breath of life, the fire of love!

812.

Adoniram Judson.

L. M.

1 OUR Saviour bowed beneath the wave,
And meekly sought a watery 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 Hosanna to the Lamb divine!

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

813.

Adoniram Judson.

1 In thine asseinbly here we stand, Obedient to thy great command; The sacred flood is full in view,

L. M.

And thy sweet voice invites us through. 2 The word, the Spirit, and the bride, Must not invite and be denied;

Was not the Lord, who came to save,
Interred in such a liquid grave?

3 Thus we, dear Saviour, own thy name;
Receive us rising from the stream;
Then to thy table let us come,
And dwell in Zion as our home.

814.

Rippon's Selection, 1778.

C. M.

1 BURIED beneath the yielding wave,
The great Redeemer lies;

Faith views him in the watery grave,
And thence beholds him rise.

2 Thus it becomes his saints, to-day,
Their ardent zeal t' express,
And, in the Lord's appointed way,
Fulfil all righteousness.

3 With joy we in his footsteps tread,
And would his cause maintain,
Like him be numbered with the dead,
And with him rise and reign.

4 Now we, dear Jesus, would to thee Our grateful voices raise;

Washed in the fountain of thy blood,
Our lives shall be thy praise.

815.

Benjamin Beddome, 1787.

See Note on page 767.

Congregation.

1 ALL hail, ye blessed band,
Shrink not to do his will;
In deep humility, this work
Of righteousness fulfil.

2 Tread in the Saviour's steps,
Invoke his Spirit free,

8. M

And as he burst the gates of death,
So may your rising be.

Choir.

L. H. Sigourney, 1832.

3 SAVIOUR, thy law we love,
Thy pure example bless,
And with a firm, unwavering zeal,
Would in thy footsteps press.

Choir.

4 We love thy holy word,

Thy precepts we obey,

Buried with Christ, our dying Lord,
We seek to be, this day.

Choir.

L. H. Sigourney, 1832.

5 HERE we behold the grave
Which held our buried Head;
We claim a burial in the wave
Because with Jesus dead.

Choir.

6 Here, too, we see him rise,
And live no more to die;

And one with him by sacred ties,
We rise to live on high.

C. H. Spurgeon, 1860.

Choir.

7 Он, what, if we are Christ's,
Is earthly shame or loss?
Bright shall the crown of glory be,
When we have borne the cross.
H. W. Baker, 1852.

Choir.

8 Ashamed who now can be
To own the Crucified?

Nay, rather be our glory this,
To die with him who died.

Congregation.

9 COME, sinners, wash away
Your sins of crimson dye;
Buried with him, your vilest sins
Shall in oblivion lie.

10 Rise and ascend with him,
A heavenly life to lead,

Who came to ransom guilty men
From regions of the dead.

816.

1 Down to the sacred wave

The Lord of life was led,

Anon.

S. M.

And he who came our souls to save

In Jordan bowed 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 Blest Saviour, we will tread
In thy appointed way;

Let glory o'er these scenes be shed,
And smile on us to-day.

S. F. Smith, 1843.