The Church — Baptism

Meekly in Jordan's holy stream

No. 1083
Metre C. M.
Tune DEVIZES.
Words S. F. Smith.
Music Isaac Tucker.
Key A-flat major
Singing key G♭ major
Time 2/2
3 stanzas

Words

Meekly in Jordan's holy streamThe great Redeemer bowed;Bright was the glory's sacred beamThat hushed the wondering crowd.

Thus God descended to approveThe deed that Christ had done;Thus came the emblematic Dove,And hovered o'er the Son.

So, blessed Spirit, come to-dayTo our baptismal scene;Let thoughts of earth be far away,And every mind serene.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: hymn number «1083» (large), tune name «DEVIZES. C. M.» centred over the music, «Isaac Tucker.» at the right (capitals and small capitals); running head «THE CHURCH—BAPTISM.». Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, one system per line of print, with «1.» before «Meek»; the music sets the last line of the stanza twice, and the interlinear text prints it twice («That hushed the wondering crowd, That hushed the wondering crowd.») — the stanza is given below with its four verse lines, as the poem has them. Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, under the reference line «1071, 201, 204.» (sing also to the tunes of hymns 1071, 201 or 204, all C. M.); «S. F. Smith.» in italics after stanza 3. Stanza numbers «2», «3» are printed without a period (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). The print sets a thin space before «;» («bowed ;», «done ;», «scene ;»); it is closed up here, and apostrophes are written straight («Jordan's», «glory's», «o'er»). «to-day» is hyphenated as printed. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. Pen annotations of the scanned copy at the top of the page (not part of the print) are described in uncertainties.md. Spelling, punctuation and capitals are the print's.