
Author: William M. Bunting Meter: 6.6.8.6 Appears in 4 hymnals Lyrics: 1. Rites cannot change the heart,
Undo the evil done,
Or with the uttered name impart
The nature of Thy Son.
2. To meet our desperate want,
There gushed a crimson flood;
O from His heart’s o’erflowing font
Baptize this soul with blood!
3. Be grace from Christ our Lord,
And love from God supreme,
By the communing Spirit poured
In a perpetual stream! Used With Tune: DENNIS Text Sources: Leifchild's Original Hymns, 1842, titled "Father, Our Child We Place" The version below, starting at stanza four of the original, appeared in the American Methodist Episcopal Hymnal, 1878
Rites Cannot Change the Heart