Hymnals of the Stone-Campbell Movement

Enos E. Dowling Hymnal Collection

Hymn: The great Redeemer we adore (FL)

Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal

Date: 1871

Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee

Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall

First Line: The great Redeemer we adore

Topic: The Gospel/Baptism

Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>

Composer: Stanley

Meter: LM

Tune: Stonefield (Stop)

Hymn Number: 279

Page Number: 105, click to see hymnal pages

Lyics

The 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!