Author: Beddome Hymnal: A Selection of Hymns #CDLIII (1792) Meter: 8.6.8.6 First Line: How great, how solemn is the work Lyrics: 1 How great, how solemn is the work,
Which we attend to-day!
Now for a holy, solemn frame,
O God, to thee we pray.
2 O may we feel, as once we felt,
When pain'd and grive'd at heart;
Thy kind, forgiving, melting look
Reliev'd our every smart.
3 Let graces then in exercise
Be exercis'd again;
And, nurtur'd by celestial power,
In exercise remain.
4 Awake our love, our fear, our hope,
Wake fortitude and joy;
Vain world begone, let things above
Our happy thoughts employ.
5 Whilst thee, our Savior and our God,
To all around we own;
Drive each rebellious, rival lust,
Each traitor from the throne.
6 Instruct our minds our wills subdue,
To heaven our passions raise,
That hence our lives, our all may be
Devoted to thy praise.
Topics: Baptism Scripture: Psalm 119:32 Languages: English
Morning before Baptism; or, at the Water Side