4 Dear Lord, the ardour of thy love
Reproves my cold delays;

And now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways.

1165.

447 C. M. Dr. Ryland.

Hinder me not, Gen. xxiv. 56.*

1 [WHEN Abraham's servant, to procure A wife for Isaac went,

He met Rebekah-told his wish-
Her parents gave consent:

2 Yet for ten days they urg'd the man,
His journey to delay;

'Hinder me not,' he quick replied
'Since God hath crown'd my way.'

3 'Twas thus I cried, when Christ the Lord, My soul to him did wed;

'Hinder me not,' nor friends nor foes, 'Since God my way hath sped.'

4 'Stay,' says the world,' and taste a while My every pleasant sweet;'

'Hinder me not,' my soul replies, 'Because the way is great."

5 Stay,' Satan, my old master, cries,
'Or force shall thee detain;'
'Hinder me not, I will be gone,
My God has broke thy chain.']

6 In all my Lord's appointed ways,
My journey I'll pursue:

Hinder me not, ye much-lov'd saints,
For I must go with you.

7 Through floods and flames, if Jesus lead, I'll follow where he goes;

Hinder me not shall be my cry,

Though earth and hell oppose.

8 Through duty and through trials, too, I'll go at his command;

Hinder me not, for I am bound

To my Immanuel's land.

9 And when my Saviour calls me home,
Still this my cry shall be,

Hinder me not, come, welcome death,
I'll gladly go with thee.

* This Hymn may begin at the 6th verse.

1166.

1

THU

448 C. M. J. Stennett.

Immersion.

HUS was the great Redeemer plung'd
In Jordan's swelling flood,

To show he must be soon baptiz'd
In tears, and sweat, and blood.
2 Thus was his sacred body laid
Beneath the yielding wave;
Thus was his sacred body rais'd
Out of the liquid grave.

3 Lord, we thy precepts would obey,
In thy own footsteps tread,
Would die, be buried, rise with thee,
Our ever-living Head.

449 8.7.

1167. Buried with Christ in Baptism, Rom. vi. 4.

1

JESUS,
ESUS, mighty King in Sion!
Thou alone our guide shalt be!
Thy commission we rely on,

We would follow none but thee: 2 As an emblem of thy passion,

And thy vict'ry o'er the grave, We who know thy great salvation Are baptiz'd beneath the wave. 3 Fearless of the world's despising, We the ancient path pursue; Buried with our Lord, and rising To a life divinely new.

1168.

1

450 L. M. J. Stennett.

A baptismal Hymn.

EE how the willing converts trace The path their great Redeemer trod; And follow through his liquid grave, The meek, the lowly Son of God!

2 Here they renounce their former deeds,
And to a heavenly life aspire;

Their rags for glorious robes exchanged,
They shine in clean and bright attire.

3 O sacred rite, by thee the name
Of Jesus we to own begin :
This is our resurrection pledge,
Pledge of the pardon of our sin.

4 Glory to God on high be given,
Who shows his grace to sinful men,
Let saints on earth, and hosts in heaven,
In concert join their loud Amen.

1169. 451 L. M. Gregg. Altered by B. Francis.

Not ashamed of Christ.

1JES Vortal man ashamed of thee! Asham'd of thee, whom angels praise, Whose glories shine through endless days! 2 Asham'd of Jesus, sooner far

ESUS! and shall it ever be,

Let evening blush to own a star; He sheds the beams of light divine O'er this benighted soul of mine. 3 Asham'd of Jesus? just as soon Let midnight be asham'd of noon: 'Tis midnight with my soul, till he, Bright Morning Star! bid darkness fiee. 4 Asham'd of Jesus, that dear friend, On whom my hopes of heaven depend! No; when I blush-be this my shame, That I no more revere his name.

5 Asham'd of Jesus! yes, I may
When I've no guilt to wash away,
No tear to wipe, no good to crave,
No fears to quell, no soul to save.
6 Till then, nor is my boasting vain—
Till then I boast a Saviour slain!
And O, may this my glory be,
That Christ is not asham'd of me!

7 [His institutions would I prize,
Take up my cross-the shame despise ;
Dare to defend his noble cause,
And yield obedience to his laws.]

452 L. M.

1170. The Candidates they were baptized, both Men

1

Candidates-they

and Women, Acts viii. 12.

REAT God, we in thy courts appear,
With humble joy and holy fear,

Thy wise injunctions to obey;

Let saints and angels hail the day!

2 Great things, O everlasting Son,
Great things for us thy grace hath done;
Constrain'd by thy almighty love,
Our willing feet to meet thee move.
3 In thy assembly here we stand,
Obedient to thy great command;
The sacred flood is full in view,
And thy sweet voice invites us through.
4 The world, the Spirit, and the Bride
Must not invite and be denied ;
Was not the Lord, who came to save,
Interr'd in such a liquid grave?

5 Thus we, dear Saviour, own thy name,
Receive us rising from the stream;
Then to thy table let us come,
And dwell in Zion as our home.

453 C. M. Beddome.

1171. Morning before Baptism; or, at the Water-side,

1

HOW

Ps. cxix. 32.

OW great, how solemn is the work
Which we attend to-day!

Now for a holy, solemn frame,
O God, to thee we pray.

2 O may we feel as once we felt,

When pain'd and griev'd at heart, Thy kind, forgiving, melting look Reliev'd our every smart.

3 Let graces then in exercise
Be exercis'd again;

And, nurtur'd by celestial power,
In exercise remain.

4 Awake, our love, our fear, our hope,
Wake, fortitude and joy,

Vain world, begone; let things above
Our happy thoughts employ.

5 Whilst thee, our Saviour and our God,
To all around we own;

Drive each rebellious rival lust,

Each traitor from the throne.

6. Instruct our minds, our wills subdue,
To heaven our passions raise,

That hence our lives, our all, may be
Devoted to thy praise.

6

7

9

1172.

454 L. M. The Administrator.

6 O, teach the nations, and baptize,'
JAloud th' ascending Jesus cries;
His glad Apostles took the word,

And round the nations preach'd their Lord.
2 Commission'd thus by Zion's King,
We to his holy laver bring

These happy converts, who have known
And trusted in his grace alone.

3 Lord, in thy house they seek thy face,
O bless them with peculiar grace;
Refresh their souls with love divine,
Let beams of glory round them shine.

SINGLE VERSES ON BAPTISM.*

1173-1185. 455-467 L. M.

WHATE'ER to thee, our Lord, belongs,
Is always worthy of our songs:

And all thy works, and all thy ways,
Demand our wonder and our praise.

Beddome.

Hosannas to the church's Head,
Who suffer'd in our room and stead!
He was immers'd in Jordan's flood,
And then immers'd in sweat and blood!
J. Stennett.

Behold the grave where Jesus lay,
Before he shed his precious blood!
How plain he mark'd the humble way
To sinners through the mystic flood!

Beddome.

Come, ye redeemed of the Lord,
Come, and obey his sacred word;
He died, and rose again for you;
What more could the Redeemer do!
Beddome.

We to this place are come to show
What we to boundless mercy owe;

* As it is common to sing by the water-side, and as some of our orethren in the country give out a verse or two while they are administering the ordinance, it is hoped these single verses will be acceptable.