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Verse 1

How blest the hour when first we gave
Our guilty souls to thee, O God;
A cheerful sacrifice of love,
Bought with the Savior’s precious blood.

Verse 2

How blest the vow we here record!
How blest the grace we now receive!
Buried in baptism with our Lord,
New lives of holiness to live.

Verse 3

How blest the solemn rite that seals
Our death to sin, our guilt forgiven;--
How blest the emblem that reveals
God reconciled and peace with heaven.

Verse 4

Thus through the emblematic grave
The glorious, suffering Savior trod;
Thou art our pattern, through the wave
We follow thee, blest Son of God.

Verse 1

We long to move and breathe in thee,
Inspired with thine own breath,
To live thy life, O Lord, and be
Baptized into thy death.

Verse 2

Thy death to sin we die below,
But we shall rise in love;
We here are planted in thy woe,
But we shall bloom above.

Verse 3

Above we shall thy glory share,
As we thy cross have borne;
E’en we shall crowns of honor wear,
When we the thorns have worn.

Verse 1

Our children, Lord, in faith and prayer
We now devote to thee;
Let them thy covenant mercies share,
And thy salvation see.

Verse 2

In early days their hearts secure
From worldly snares, we pray;
And let them to the end endure
In every righteous way.

Verse 3

Grant us before them, Lord, to live
In holy faith and fear;
And then to heaven our souls receive
And bring our children there.