After Baptism

Verse 1

Thus was the great Redeemer plung'd In Jordan's swelling flood; To shew he must be soon baptiz'd In tears, and sweat and blood.

Verse 2

Thus was his sacred body laid Beneath the yielding wave, Thus was his sacred body rais'd Out of the liquid grave.

Verse 3

Lord, we thy precepts would obey, In thy own footsteps tread; We die, be buried, rise with thee, Our ever-living head.