The Church — Baptism

Our Saviour bowed beneath the wave

No. 1082
Words Adoniram Judson.
Singing key F major
3 stanzas

Sung to ROCKINGHAM (hymn 301)

Words

Our Saviour bowed beneath the wave,And meekly sought a watery grave;Come, see the sacred path he trod—A path well pleasing to our God.

His voice we hear, his footsteps trace,And hither come to seek his face,To do his will, to feel his love,And join our songs with those above.

Hosanna to the Lamb divine!Let endless glories round him shine;High o'er the heavens forever reign,O Lamb of God, for sinners slain.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1082» (large) in the right column of p. 370, under the stanzas of hymn 1081, with the italic reference line «301, 431, 914.» beside it (= sing to the tunes of hymns 301 ROCKINGHAM, 431 HAMBURG or 914 WOODWORTH, all L. M.; no meter is printed: 8.8.8.8; the 0 of «301» is broken). Three stanzas of four lines, numbered «1»–«3» without periods (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); all four lines of each stanza are set flush. The first word «OUR» is set in capitals and small capitals (written «Our» here). «Adoniram Judson.» in italics (the J in its swash italic form), right-aligned at the foot of the right column. The print sets a thin space before «;» («grave ;», «shine ;») and «!» («divine !»); it is closed up here. «o'er» is written with a straight apostrophe. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.