1. Buried beneath the yielding wave,
The dear Redeemer lies;
Faith views him in the wat'ry grave
And thence beholds him rise.
2. Thus it becomes his saints today,
Their ardent zeal t'express,
And in the Lord's appointed way
Fulfill all righteousness.
3. With joy we in his footsteps tread
And would his cause maintain,
Like him be numbered with the dead,
And with him rise and reign.
4. His presence oft revives our hearts
And drives our fears away;
When he commands, and strength imparts,
We cheerfully obey.
5. Now we, dear Jesus, would to thee
Our grateful voices raise;
Washed in the fountain of your blood,
Our lives shall all be praise.
Source: Hymns and Devotions for Daily Worship #47
First Line: | Buried beneath the yielding wave |
Author: | Benjamin Beddome (1787) |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Buried beneath the yielding wave. B. Beddome. [Holy Baptism.] Published from Beddome's manuscript in his posthumous Hymns, &c, 1817, No. 603, in 5 stanzas of 4 lines, from whence it has passed into numerous collections in Great Britain and America. Original text in Spurgeon's Our Own Hymn Book, No. 925. In some American collections it is dated 1787 in error.
-- John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)