’Twas the commission of our Lord, “Go teach the nations, and baptize:” The nations have received the word Since He ascended to the skies.
He sits upon th’eternal hills, With grace and pardon in His hands; And sends His cov’nant with the seals, To bless the distant darkened lands. [originally …the distant British lands]
“Repent, and be baptized,” He saith, “For the remission of your sins:” And thus our sense assists our faith, And shows us what His Gospel means.
Our souls He washes in His blood, As water makes the body clean; And the good Spirit from our God Descends like purifying rain.
Thus we engage ourselves to Thee, And seal our cov’nant with the Lord; O may the great eternal Three In Heav’n our solemn vows record! |