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The Church — Baptism

Salem's bright King, Jesus by name

  • No. 1092
  • Metre C. P. M.
  • Tune Chardon
  • Words Anon.
  • 3 stanzas
  • Words only in the original

Words

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1

Salem's bright King, Jesus by name,In ancient time to Jordan came,All righteousness to fill;'Twas there the ancient Baptist stood,Whose name was John, a man of God,To do his Master's will.

2

Down in old Jordan's rolling streamThe Baptist led the holy Lamb,And there did him baptize;Jehovah saw his holy Son,And was well pleased in what he'd done,And owned him from the skies.

3

This is my Son, Jehovah cries;On him, to rest, the Spirit flies;O children, hear ye him!Hark! 'tis his voice, behold he cries:"Repent, believe, and be baptized,And Christ will save from sin."

About this hymn

As printed Words only. As printed: hymn number «1092» (large) in the lower half of the left column of p. 373, under «S. D. Phelps.» of hymn 1091, then in italics and brackets «[Tune, Chardon, No. 235.]» (sing to the tune CHARDON, hymn 235), then «C. P. M.» in bold at the right. Three numbered stanzas of six lines, numbered «1»–«3» without a full stop (written «1.»–«3.» here); lines 3 and 6 of each stanza are indented (the short lines of the C. P. M. stanza); «Anon.» in bold italics, right-aligned, after stanza 3. The first word «SALEM» is set in a capital and small capitals, followed by a lower-case «'s» (written «Salem's» here). Stanza 3, line 5 opens with a quotation mark hung in the margin («" Repent»), closed after «sin.» in line 6. The print sets a thin space before «;», «!» and «:» («fill ;», «cries ;», «him !», «Hark !», «cries :») and after the opening quotation mark; it is closed up here, and the curly apostrophes and quotation marks are written straight. The imperfect rhyme «stream» / «Lamb» (stanza 2), the unquoted «This is my Son» (stanza 3), 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. 1092 · printed page 373
Checked
lyrics verified (fork reading; parent check pending) · 2026-10-02