Hymnal: The Christian Hymn-Book
Date: 1829
Compiler: B W Stone and T Adams
Publisher/Printer: N L Finnell
First Line: Jesus my Lord his track I see
Topic: Baptism
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 244
Page Number: 268, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsJesus, my Lord, his track I see,
A fit example left for me,
In Jordan's stream beneath the wave,
An emblem of his future grave.
I see him bath'd in sweat and blood,
O'erwhelm'd in sorrow like a flood,
Immers'd in death on Calvary,
That we might live eternally.
On the third day our Lord doth rise,
To Satan's army's great surprise;
He wipes his followers' tears away,
And Jesus thus to them doth say:
"Go preach and call to every land,
"Behold, behold the bleeding Lamb;
"He that believes and is baptiz'd,
"Shall reign with me above the skies."
Lord we obey, and buried are,
Thy resurrection, hope to share,
And die to sin, and live to thee,
Through time and in eternity.
Here stand the converts, who are join'd
To Jesus Christ, the living vine;
They walk the way the Saviour trod,
And hope to reach his blest abode.
O Lord, on us thy spirit pour,
Batpize with love and strength and pow'r;
And help thy children to obey,
And walk in Christ, the living way.
Jesus, we want to see thee come,
And take our longing spirits home;
Our bodies change, that we may be
Baptiz'd in love's unbounded sea.