649    7s     W. Gadsby
Baptism. Luke 12. 50; Rom. 6. 4; Col. 2. 12

1 Precious Jesus! here we are,
  Come to witness and declare
  We are thine, redeemed with blood,
  Called and proved the sons of God.

2 Jesus, ere he gave his blood,
  Was immersed in Jordan’s flood,
  There, and in that way, to show
  What he had to undergo.

3 In the watery grave we see,
  Looking through it, Lord, to thee,
  Jesus, overwhelmed in blood,
  Sunk in wrath’s tremendous flood.

4 And shall we for whom he died,
  Rose, and lives to intercede,
  Be too proud to be despised,
  And with him to be baptized?

5 No, dear Saviour, we will go
  In the watery grave, to show
  We are buried with our King,
  And we rise his praise to sing.

6 Precious Spirit, make us see
  Love immense, beyond degree;
  Now, and when beneath the flood,
  Fill us with the love of God.