Religion
At the Baptism of Adults, 182
From Hymns and Sacred Poems (1749) · Osborn ed., vol. 5 (1869)
Father, Son, and Holy Ghost,
In solemn power come down,
Present with Thy heavenly host
Thine ordinance to crown:
See a sinful worm of earth!
Bless for her the laving flood,
Plunge her by a second birth
Into the depths of God.
Let the promised inward grace
Accompany the sign,
On her new-born soul impress
The glorious name Divine:
Father, all Thy love reveal,
Jesus, all Thy mind impart,
Holy Ghost, renew, and dwell
For ever in her heart.
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