Baptismal Hymn

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jul 1, 1873

[From a baptismal account, we clip the following singular and ingenious hymn, and present it as another of the literary curiosities of the world. As, one by one, the subjects of this holy rite “came up out of the water,” by a group upon the pebbly shore was sung, in separate stanzas, this hymn. Who is its author, we do not know. That it is worthy of study, we are very certain.]

Christ, who came my soul to save, Matt. 18:11; 1 Tim. 1:15, Entered Jordan's yielding wave, Matt. 3:13; Mark 1:9, Rose from out the crystal flood, Matt. 3:16; Mark 1:10, Owned and sealed the Son of God, Mark 1:11; Luke 3:22, By the Father's voice of love, Matt. 3:17; Mark 1:11, By the heaven-descending Dove, Luke 3:22; John 1:32, Saviour, Pattern, Guide for me, John 12:26; 1 Peter 2:21, I, like Him, baptized would be. Matt. 3:13; Acts 8:36, 38. In the garden, o'er His soul, John 18:1; Matt. 26:38, Sorrow's whelming waves did roll; Luke 12:50; Luke 22:44; Ah! on Calvary's cruel tree, Luke 23:33; 1 Peter 2:24, Jesus bowed in death for me; John 19:30; Rom. 5:8; I with Him am crucified; Gal. 2:20; Rom. 6:6; All my hope is—He hath died; 1 Pet. 1:3; 1 Thess. 5:10; At his feet my place I take, Luke 10:39; Matt. 11:29, Bear the cross for His dear sake. Matt. 16:24; Luke 14:27. In the new-made tomb he lay, Matt. 27:60; John 19:42, Taking all its dread away; 1 Cor. 15:55; 1 Thess. 4:14; Burst He through its rock-bound door, Luke 24:2, 3; Matt. 28:6, Glorious now and evermore; Mark 16:19; Rev. 1:18; I with Christ would buried be, Rom. 6:4; Col. 2:12, In this rite required of me; Matt. 28:19, 20; Acts 2:38; Rising from the mystic flood, Acts 8:39; Col. 2:12; Living hence anew to God. Rom. 6:4; Rom. 14:7, 9.