3 But now Thou art arisen!
Thy travail all is o'er,

Once Thou for sin hast suffered,
And Thou shalt die no more!
Crowned with immortal honour,
Because of that dark bed,
Give us to share Thy triumph,
Thou First-born from the dead.
Into Thy death baptized,
O let us with Thee die!
And clothe us with Thy risen life,
And wholly sanctify:

So freed from the old nature,
And ransomed by Thy blood,

May we pass on to glory
Alive with Thee to God.

S.M.

700 Let us join ourselves to the Lord in

a perpetual covenant.-Jer. 50, 5.

1 COME ye that fear the Lord,

And love Him while ye fear; Come, and with heart and hand record, Your vow and covenant here.

2 Vow to be His alone,

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Who bought you with a price; Now render back to God His own, By free-will sacrifice.

Here to His altar brought,

Your covenant renew,

To be in word, and deed, and thought,

Faithful to Him and true.

And true and faithful He
To you will ever prove,

Though hills were swept into the sea,
And mountains should remove.

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Then be His law our choice,

6

The joy of young and old,

[voice,

As sheep that hear their shepherd's

And follow to the fold.

So shall His staff and rod,

Conduct us and defend;

God is a covenant-keeping God,
And loves unto the end.

C.M.

701 Come in, thou blessed of the Lord.

1

COM

-Gen. 24, 31.

NOME in, thou blessed of the Lord,
Stranger nor foe art Thou:

We welcome thee with warm accord,
Our friend, our kindred, now.

2 The hand of fellowship, the heart
Of love, we offer thee:

Leaving the world, thou dost but part
From lies and vanity.

3 In weal or woe, in joy or care,
Thy portion shall be ours;
Christians their mutual burdens bear,
They lend their mutual powers.

4 Come with us, we will do thee good,
As God to us hath done;

Stand but in Him, as those have stood
Whose faith the victory won.

5 And when, by turns, we pass away,
As star by star grows dim,
May each, translated into day,
Be lost and found in Him.

78.

702 We also should walk in newness of

1

life.-Rom. 6, 4.

CHILDREN of the King of grace,

As from earth to heaven ye go, Your Redeemer's footsteps trace, Follow Him in all ye do.

2 His sweet presence you will find Shining on you as ye go;

Cast your fears and cares behind,
Trust Him, He will bring you through.

3 You are buried with the Lord,
In the Lord you rise again;
Now you live upon His word
Who to ransom you was slain.

4 Hear the voice that speaks from heaThis is My appointed way,

You, whose sins He has forgiven,
Follow Him without delay.

5 Mighty Saviour, we obey

Thy Divine commanding voice;

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Thou hast taught our feet the way,
In Thy mandate we rejoice.
6 On Thy promise we rely,

Hear us from Thy lofty throne,
Shine upon us from on high,
Bless and seal us as Thy own.

8.7.

703 Thus it becometh us to fulfil all

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righteousness.-Matt. 3, 15

HUMBLE souls, who seek salvation, Through the Lamb's atoning blood, Hear the voice of revelation,

Tread the path that Jesus trod: Flee to Him your only Saviour, In His mighty name confide; In the whole of your behaviour Own Him as your only Guide. 2 Hear the blest Redeemer call you, Listen to His gracious voice; Dread no ills that can befal you, While you make His ways your choice: Jesus says, "Let each believer

Be baptized in my name:"

He Himself in Jordan's river,

Was immersed beneath the stream. 3 Plainly here His footsteps tracing, Follow Him without delay; Gladly His command embracing, Your Forerunner leads the way: View the rite with understanding; Jesus' grave before you lies! Be interred at His commanding,After His example rise.

C.M.

704 If any man serve Me, let him follow

DEAR

Me.-John 12, 20.

EAR Lord, and will Thy pardoning
Embrace a soul so vile?

Wilt Thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with Thy smile?

love

2 Hast Thou the cross for me endured,
And all its shame despised?
And shall I be ashamed, O Lord,
With Thee to be baptized?

$ Dear Lord, the ardour of Thy love
Reproves my cold delays;

And now my willing footsteps move
In Thy delightful ways.

8.7.4.

705 if any man will come after Me, let

HA

him deny himself.-Matt. 16, 24.
AST Thou said, exalted Jesus,
Take thy cross and follow Me?
Shall the world with terror seize us?
Shall we from the burden flee?
Lord, I'll take it,
And rejoicing, follow Thee.

2 Sweet the sign that thus reminds me,
Saviour, of Thy love for me;
Sweeter still the love that binds me,
In its deathless bonds to Thee:
Oh! what pleasure,
Buried with my Lord to be.

3 Should it rend some fond connexion,
Should I suffer shame or loss,
Yet the fragrant, blest reflection,-
I have been where Jesus was!
Will revive me,

When I faint beneath the cross.
4 Fellowship with Him possessing,
Let me die to all around,
So I rise to enjoy the blessing,
Kept for those in Jesus found,-
When the Archangel,

Wakes the sleepers under ground.
5 Then baptized in love and glory,
Lamb of God, Thy praise I'll sing,
Loudly with the immortal story,
All the harps of heaven shall ring:
Saints and seraphs

Sound it loud from every string.

706

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IN

C.M.

Hinder me not.-Gen. 24, 56.

N all my Lord's appointed ways,
My journey I'll pursue;

Hinder me not, ye much-loved saints,
For I must go with you,

2 Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead,
I'll follow where He goes;
Hinder me not, shall be my cry,
Though earth and hell oppose.

3 Through duties, and through trials too.
I'll go at His command;
Hinder me not, for I am bound
To my Immanuel's land.

4 And, when my Saviour calls me home,Still this my cry shall be,

Hinder me not, come, welcome death, I'll gladly go with thee.

707

1

TIS

C.M.

Then cometh Jesus... to be bap-
tized.-Matt. 3, 13.

IS the great Father we adore
In this baptismal sign;

Tis He whose voice on Jordan's shore
Proclaimed the Son divine.

2 The Father hailed Him! let our breath
In answering praise ascend,
As, in the image of His death,
We own our heavenly Friend.
3 We seek the consecrated grave,
Along the path He trod,

Receive us in the hallowed wave
Thou holy Son of God!

4 Blest Spirit! with intense desire,
Solicitous we bow;

Baptize us in renewing fire,

And ratify the vow.

5 Let earth and heaven our pledge record,
And future witness bear,
That we to Zion's mighty Lord
Our full allegiance swear.

L.M.

708 Baptized into His death.-Rom.

6,3.

Do we not know that solemn word.

That we are buried with the Lord. Saptized into His death, and then it off the body of our sin?