Rites cannot change the heart

Verse 1

Rites cannot change the heart, Undo the evil done, Or with the uttered name impart The nature of Thy Son.

Verse 2

To meet our desperate want, There gushed a crimson flood; O from His heart’s o’erflowing font Baptize this soul with blood!

Verse 3

Be grace from Christ our Lord, And love from God supreme, By the communing Spirit poured In a perpetual stream!