NEW-BORN souls who taste salvation Through the Lord’s redeeming blood Hear His voice of revelation, ‘Tread the path the Saviour trod.’
Jesus says, ‘Let each believer Be baptised into My name,’ As He went through Jordan’s river, There immersed beneath the stream.
Follow Him, our only Saviour, In His Word alone confide; In the whole of our behaviour Own Him as our sovereign Guide.
Plainly, here, His footsteps tracing, Follow Him without delay, Gladly His commands embracing, As our Saviour led the way.
View the act with understanding, ’Tis a grave before us lies, Buried there at His commanding, Then in newness to arise.
Symbol of a life now over, Sin and darkness left behind; Figure of new life and power, And new birth in heart and mind.
John Fawcett, 1739-1817‡