Circumcision no figure of Water Baptism

Abraham's seed was circumcised

Author: Anna Beeman
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 Abraham's seed was circumcised,
When they wer but eight days old,
Ours they say may be baptised,
This they think will surely hold.

2 Is there any outward figure
Points to outward signs again?
This the sign of circumcision,
Points us to the inner man.

3 If our hearts are circumcised,
We may wear the outward sign,
Believing we may be baptised,
This I think to be the time.

4 I know the word is full of meaning,
Likely here is something shown,
Young children may receive the sealing,
Baptising then is straightway done.

5 Baptising those that's young believers,
Is a thing in scripture shown,
To the friends of old Cornelius,
Peter doth command it done.

6 As soon as we can find they're children,
Of the promise made to Christ,
We give them the outward sealing,
Without a dissenting voice.

7 But to make ourselves like Abra'm,
Makes us greater than we be,
Our nat'ral seed is more like Sodom,
Or like the wild Olive Tree.

8 Be believing we are grafted
Into the true Olive Tree,
Seal no blanks your wax is wasted,
Or at least it's so to me.



Source: Hymns on Various Subjects #12

Author: Anna Beeman

Anna Keeney Beeman born in Stratford, Fairfield, Connecticut. She was the among the first female Baptist hymn writers in America. She believed strongly in baptism by immersion. Dianne Shapiro, from "The Children and Grandchildren of Thomas Beeman" (on RootsWeb, accessed 11/8/2020) and I Will Sing the Wondrous Story: a history of Baptist hymnody in North America by David W. Music and Paul Akers Richardson (Mercer University Press, Macon, GA: 2008) Go to person page >

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First Line: Abraham's seed was circumcised
Title: Circumcision no figure of Water Baptism
Author: Anna Beeman
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

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Hymns on Various Subjects #12

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