A Selection of Psalms and Hymns ‎#CLXX

CLXX. Thus was the great Redeemer plung'd

1 Thus was the great Redeemer plung'd
In Jordan's swelling flood:
To shew, he'd one day be baptiz'd
In tears, and sweat and blood.

2 Thus was his sacred body laid
Beneath the yielding waves,
Thus was his sacred body rais'd
Out of the liquid grave.

3 When lo! from realms of light and bliss,
The heavenly dove comes down,
Lights on his venereable head,
Which rays of glory crown.

4 While his eternal father's voice,
An awful joy excietes;
This is my well beloved son,
In whom my soul delights.

5 Lord, thy own precept we obey;
In thy own footsteps tread,
We die, are bury'd rise with thee
From regions of the dead.

Text Information

• First Line: Thus was the great Redeemer plung'd
• Author: S. Stennett
• Meter: Common Metre
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1790
• Topic: Baptism

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