429    C.M.     J. Fellows
Baptism. Matt. 3. 13-17; 10. 38; Mark 1. 9

1 Dear Lord! and will thy pardoning love
  Embrace a wretch so vile?
  Wilt thou my load of guilt remove,
  And bless me with thy smile?

2 Hast thou the cross for me endured,
  And all its shame despised?
  And shall I be ashamed, O Lord,
  With thee to be baptized?

3 Didst thou the great example lead
  In Jordan’s swelling flood?
  And shall my pride disdain the deed
  That’s worthy of my God?

4 Dear Lord, the ardour of thy love
  Reproves my cold delays;
  And now my willing footsteps move
  In thy delightful ways.