When the threefold Name was spoken

When the threefold Name was spoken,
When the sacred sign was made,
When upon our brows the token
Of our baptism was laid:

Threefold was the sacred promise, —
To renounce, believe, and do;
God of mercy — turn not from us
When those vows we here renew.

From the Devil and his dangers,
From the pomp and pride of life,
Lord, as pilgrims and as strangers,
Keep us in the holy strife.

From all lusts, depraved and fleshly,
Set our struggling spirits free,
Strike the rock, — and gushing freshly
All our springs be found in Thee.

Thee — by Whom we Heaven inherit,
We for Thee the world forsake,
Call'd by Thine Almighty Spirit,
And received for Jesus' sake.