Baptism of Grown Persons

'Twas the commission of our Lord,

Go, teach the nations, and baptize;

The nations have received the word,

Since he ascended to the skies.

He sits upon th' eternal hills,

With grace and pardon in his hands,

And sends his covenant with the seals,

To bless the distant heathen lands.

Repent and be baptized, he saith,

In token of forgiven sins;

And thus our sense assists our faith,

And shows us what the gospel means.

Hence, we engage ourselves to thee,

And seal our cov'nant with the Lord;

Oh, may the great eternal Three

In heaven our solemn vows record.