863    S.M.     J. Hart
Baptism. 1 Pet. 3. 21; Gal. 3. 27

1 By what amazing ways
  The Lord vouchsafes to explain
  The wonders of his sovereign grace
  Towards the sons of men!

2 He shows us first how foul
  Our nature’s made by sin;
  Then teaches the believing soul
  The way to make it clean.

3 Our baptism first declares
  What need we’ve all to cleanse;
  Then shows that Christ to all God’s heirs
  Can purity dispense.

4 Water the body laves;
  And, if ’tis done by faith,
  The blood of Jesus surely saves
  The sinful soul from death.

5 Water no man denies;
  But, brethren, rest not there;
  ’Tis faith in Christ that justifies,
  And makes the conscience clear.

6 Baptized into his death,
  We rise to life divine;
  The Holy Spirit works the faith,
  And water is the sign.