Hymnal: Psalms Hymns and Spiritual Songs
Date: 1834
Compiler: A Campbell/ W Scott/ B W Stone/ J T Johnson
Publisher/Printer: A Campbell
First Line: Descending down into the flood
Topic: Christian Immersion
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: Song 78
Page Number: 154, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsDescending down into the flood,
We his great suff'rings there behold,
Who in deep waters for us stood,
While floods of wrath upon him roll'd.
And when below the waters laid,
Our breath suspended in their womb,
We call to mind how Jesus died,
And buried lay within the tomb.
As from the wat'ry grave we rise,
We see him from death's prison freed,
discharg'd from sin, crown'd with the prize
Of endless life for all his seed.
The sign does to our faith declare
Our part in him who once was dead;
For into death immers'd we are,
And with him buri'd as our head.
And as the Father's glorious power
Did life eternal to him give,
So by his pledge he makes us sure
That as he lives we'll also live.