The Church — Baptism

Choose ye his cross to bear

No. 1090
Words L. H. Sigourney.
Singing key F major
3 stanzas

Sung to ST. THOMAS (hymn 1040)

Words

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Choose ye his cross to bearWho bowed in Jordan's wave?—Clad in his armor will ye dare,In faith, a watery grave?

All hail! ye blessed band,Shrink not to do his will;In deep humility this workOf righteousness fulfill;—

Tread in his steps, with prayerInvoke his Spirit free,And as he burst the gates of deathSo may our rising be.

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1090» (large) in the right column of p. 372 (running head «THE CHURCH—BAPTISM.»), below «L. H. Sigourney.» of hymn 1089, with the reference line «1040, 732, 30.» in italic figures beside it (sing to the tune of hymn 1040, 732 or 30). Three stanzas numbered «1»–«3» without a full stop (written «1.»–«3.» here, as in the other deliveries of this book). The first word «CHOOSE» is set in capitals and small capitals; written in ordinary type here. Lines 2 and 4 of each stanza are indented in the print. The print sets a thin space before «?», «!» and «;» («wave ?—», «hail !», «fulfill ;—»); it is closed up here. The apostrophe of «Jordan's» is the printer's curly one, written straight. Spelling («armor», «fulfill»), punctuation (the dashes after «wave?» and «fulfill;») and capitals are the print's. «L. H. Sigourney.» in italics after stanza 3. No meter is printed (the text is S. M., 6.6.8.6, like the tunes of the reference line).