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162. BAPTISM IN CHRIST

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​Author:  Ernst Gottlieb Woltersdorf (1725-1761)
​Composer:  Oscar Ahanfelt (1813-1882)​
​arr. Rodney Lynn Stoller, 1998 (1953-)

1. Streams that from Thy wounds are flowing
    Bless for us this water bath;
    With the Word in union growing
    With the pow’r that Jesus hath.
    He charged men to teach all nations
    Bring to faith all His creations.
    He who suffered for us all,
    Saves the lost ones from their fall.
    “Baptize them,” is His direction,
    “In the Father’s name and action
    In the Son’s sad death full measure,
    In the Spirit’s pow’r and pleasure!”
 
2. As in the great flood the water
    Carried Noah’s ark to life,
    So and thousand times yet better,
    Flows here full salvation rife;
    Takes away all sin and doubting,
    And relieves from death and Satan,
    Gives us joy, trustworthiness,
    And the draught of blessedness.
    Oh, that we would trust Him better,
    Trust the Word of Grace forever;
    Saved is ev’ry true believer,
    Judged the doubter and deceiver.
 
3. Eyes of faith the spring are seeing
    That from Word to water flows,
    How the Christ, from sins us freeing,
    Shed His blood for all our woes.
    Grace and strength are never-ending;
    Thus, this great salvation sending,
    Richly for this flood, our Lord
    His good Spirit hath outpoured!
    Sinners freed He calls us ever
    Newborn children and forever
    Heirs of life that knows no sadness;
    On this faith I’ll die with gladness.
 
4. But old Adam’s sinful members
    Must be buried in the flood,
    And a new man rise, remember,
    Pure and holy in His stead.
    The first dies in true repentance;
    This one lives by faith’s acceptance.
    Sinful service, sinful lust
    Are to me forever lost.
    If I with the Lord am buried,
    Must in me His life be carried,
    And to God’s glorification
    Prove myself a new creation.

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  • Home
    • Stories of Faith >
      • The Prodigal Son and the Zion’s Harp
      • Steep and Thorny is the Way
      • With Your Zion’s Harps Now Chiming, Praise the Lord!
      • Faithful Unto Death Remain
      • A Loving Devotion to Producing Zion’s Harps, One Copy Per Year
      • Hungarians Begin to Visit Brethren in Communist Ukraine
      • Zion’s Harp Melody Bridges Language Gap
      • Brethren Be Ye Not Affrighted
      • A Letter from Prison
    • Authors
    • Composers
  • Translations
    • Neue Zionsharfe- German
    • Új Sion Hárfa- Hungarian
    • Xapɸa Cиoha- Serbian
    • Noua Harfă A Sionului- Romainian
    • Svete Pisme Novog Siona- Sokac
    • Cithare Davida illi pisme Novog Siona- Bunjevac
    • Harfa Siona- Slovak
    • ПЕСНІ І ХВАЛУ У ХРІСТІ- Ukrainian
    • Zion's Harp
    • Apostolic Christian Hymnal >
      • ACH Texts
      • ACH Sheet Music
    • Arpa De Sion- Spanish
    • Nova Harpa de Sião- Portuguese
    • Sions Harfa- Swedish
    • シオンの竪琴 - Japanese
    • Harfa Siona- Croatian
  • Contact
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  • Acknowledgements