The Church — Baptism

With willing hearts we tread

No. 1086
Metre S. M.
Tune DENNIS.
Words Anon.
Music Johann G. Nageli.
Key F major
Time 3/4
3 stanzas

Words

With willing hearts we treadThe path the Saviour trod;We love th' example of our Head,The glorious Lamb of God.

On thee, on thee alone,Our hope and faith rely,O thou who wilt for sin atone,Who didst for sinners die!

We trust thy sacrifice,To thy dear cross we flee;O may we die to sin, and riseTo life and bliss in thee.

About this hymn

As printed As printed: running head «THE CHURCH—BAPTISM.»; hymn number «1086» (large), tune name «DENNIS. S. M.» centred over the music (condensed capitals and small capitals), «JOHANN G. NAGELI.» at the right (capitals and small capitals, no umlaut). Stanza 1 is interlinear, between the staves, with «1.» before «With»: «1. With will - ing hearts we tread The path the Sav - iour trod;» under system 1 and «We love th' ex - am - ple of our Head, The glo - rious Lamb of God.» under system 2 («th' ex» is sung on one note). The reference line «732, 1040, 736,» in italic figures stands centred over stanza 2 (sing also to the tunes of hymns 732, 1040 and 736; it ends with a comma, see uncertainties.md). Stanzas 2–3 are printed as text in the left column below the music, numbered «2», «3» without periods (written «2.», «3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book); lines 2 and 4 are indented. «Anon.» in italics after stanza 3. The print sets a thin space before «;» and «!» («flee ;», «die !»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «th'» is the printer's curly one, written straight. Spelling («Saviour»), punctuation and capitals are the print's.