Hymnal: The Christian Hymn Book
Date: 1865
Compiler: Alexander Campbell
Publisher/Printer: Central Book Concern
First Line: The great Redeemer we adore
Topic: The Gospel/Baptism
Writer: <no first name given> Stennett
Composer:
Meter: LM
Tune:
Hymn Number: 378
Page Number: 233, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsThe great Redeemer we adore,
Who came the lost to seek and save --
Went humbly down from Jordan's shore
To find a tomb beneath its wave!
With thee into thy watery tomb,
Lord, 't is our glory to descend;
'T is wondrous grace that gives us room
To share the grave of such a friend.
Yet as the yielding waves give way
To let us see the light again,
So, on the resurrection day,
The bands of death proved weak and vain.
Thus, when thou shalt again appear,
The gates of death shall open wide:
Our dust thy mighty voice shall hear,
And rise and triumph at thy side.