Adventist Pioneer Library

The Church — Baptism

Our Saviour bowed beneath the wave

  • No. 1082
  • Words Adoniram Judson.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

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.

2

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.

3

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, see `uncertainties.md`). 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.

Source
The Seventh-day Adventist Hymn and Tune Book (Battle Creek: Review & Herald, 1886/1888)
Where
The Church — Baptism · No. 1082 · printed page 370
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02