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Great God, we in thy courts appear,
With humble joy and holy tear,
Thy great injunctions to obey;
Let saints and angels hail the day.
Great things, O everlasting Son,
Great things for us thy grace has done;
Constraint by thine eternal love,
Our willing feet to meet thee move.
From heathen darkness we are brought
To be baptised! how sweet the thought!
Lord, let this ordinance in view
Be sweet and animating too.
Thus we, dear Saviour, own thy name,
And thy rich grace and love proclaim;
Bought with thy blood we humbly come,
And yield our all to thee alone.
What joy, dear Lord, our spirits feel,
When households join to do thy will;
May thousands more applaud thy cause,
And venerate thy holy laws.
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8 8 8 8 (L.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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AFFECTION
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11 11 11 11
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