How blest the hour when first we gave
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How blest the hour when first we gaveOur guilty souls to thee, O God!A cheerful sacrifice of love,Bought with the Saviour's precious blood.
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How blest the vows we here record!How blest the grace we here receive!Buried—to rise with Christ our Lord,New lives of holiness to live.
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How blest the solemn rite that sealsOur death to sin, our guilt forgiven!How blest the emblem that revealsGod reconciled, and peace with heaven!
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Thus through the emblematic graveThe glorious suffering Saviour trod;Thou art our Pattern, through the waveWe follow thee, blest Son of God.