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Ye penitential race,

Who fall at JESUS' feet;
Sav'd by His glorious grace,
Come, to His will submit;
And be baptiz'd without delay,
And His divine command obey.

3 Come, ye believing train,

No more this truth withstand.
No longer think it vain

To honour God's command;
But haste, arise, without delay,
And be baptiz'd in JESUS' way.

468" They went down both into the water.”

BELD

Acts viii, 38.

ELIEVERS, in the days of old,
When by the SPIRIT led,

Went through the water to the fold,
In honour of their Head.

2 Have we obtain'd another law,
That now we turn aside ?
Or do the nations stronger grow,
And take another guide?

3 LORD, we desire to follow Thee,
According to Thy will;

Help us the proper way to see,
And strictly to fulfil.

4 Let others to the fathers look,
And search their writings o'er,
The Holy Bible is Thy book,
And we desire no more.

C.M.

5 By this the simple soul may find
The way to heav'nly rest;
By this the conscientious mind
Shall be divinely blest.

469

"Then cometh Jesus to Jordan."
Matt. iii. 13.

QEHOLD the PRINCE of Glory go
To be baptiz'd by John;

While Jordan's honour'd waters flow,
Around GoD's Holy One.

2 Though many memorable things
Distinguish'd Jordan's shore;

It never had the KING of kings,
Within its streams before.

3 The Holy SPIRIT, like a dove,
Comes with His pinions spread,
Down from the shining realms of love,
And settles on His head.

C.M.

4 Now speaks the FATHER from His throne
(Be earth and heav'n amazed),
"JESUS is my beloved SON,

In whom I am well pleas'd."

5 And shall not we behold this fact,
With wonder and delight?

If GOD approve, we boldly act,
The ordinance must be right.

470

"They came, and were baptized."
John iii. 23.

NEAR Salem John was found,

And Enon's streams he prized,

Because its waters did abound,

'They came, and were baptiz'd."

S.M.

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Thus all who are redeem'd,
And of God's will appriz'd;
By them the truth is much esteem'd;
They come to be baptiz'd.

Can water be forbid,

Or ways of GOD disguised?

The path of CHRIST must not be hid,
He surely was baptiz'd.

Thou heavenly LAMB, come down,
That truth be not despis'd:

Thy saints with saving blessings crown,
While here they are baptiz'd.

471

"Was it from heaven or of men ?"
Mark xi. 30.

(HOULD any ask the truly wise,
As JESUS did the Jews,

By whose command did John baptize,
And what might be his views?

2 The answer is (without delay),
That John was sent of God;
Sent to prepare MESSIAH'S way,
And spread His name abroad.

3 With full commission from on high,
In which he was advis'd,
He in the wilderness did cry,
"Repent, and be baptiz'd."

4 His message was divinely bless'd,
Repentance did appear;

And humble souls their sins confess'd,
With faith and holy fear.

C.M.

5 They soon obey'd the new command,
In Jordan's flowing stream;
And JESUS join'd the humble band,
And we must follow Him.

HEALING THE SICK.

472

"Is there no physician there?”
Jer. viii. 22.

7's & 6'a.

HOW

OW lost was my condition,
Till JESUS made me whole!

There is but one Physician

Can cure a sin-sick soul;

Next door to death He found me,
And snatch'd me from the grave,

To tell to all around me

His wondrous pow'r to save.

2 The worst of all diseases

Is light compar'd with sin;
On ev'ry part it seizes,
But rages most within:
'Tis palsy, dropsy, fever,
And madness all combin'd;
And none but a believer

The least relief can find.

3 From men great skill professing,
I thought a cure to gain;
But this prov'd more distressing.
And added to my pain:

Some said that nothing ail'd me,
Some gave me up for lost;
Thus ev'ry refuge fail'd me,

And all my hopes were cross'd.

4 At length this great Physician-
How matchless is His grace !-
Accepted my petition,

And undertook my case;
First gave me sight to view Him,
For sin my sight had seal'd;
Then bid me look unto Him;
I look'd, and I was heal'd.

5 A dying, risen JESUS,
Seen by the eye of faith,
At once from anguish frees us,
And saves the soul from death;
Come, then, to this Physician,
His help He'll freely give,
He makes no hard condition,
'Tis only-look and live.

when sinners,

Free from all sin that dwelt within!

O praise ye the LORD!

Instead of Satan CHRIST does dwell

In these our hearts, which makes them swell With joy that is unspeakable

O praise ye the LORD!