Baptized with WAter

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1 Baptized with water in God's house,
With friends to pray for me,
I first received my Christian name
In Jesus; family.

2 God's Holy Spirit came that day
To make me strong and brave
To live as Jesus' loving child,
Whom Jesus came to save.



Source: Sing for Joy: a songbook for young children #55

Author: Victoria Saffelle Johnson

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Text Information

First Line: Baptized with water in God's house
Title: Baptized with WAter
Author: Victoria Saffelle Johnson
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

WINCHESTER OLD

WINCHESTER OLD is a famous common-meter psalm tune, presumably arranged by George Kirbye (b. Suffolk, England, c. 1560; d. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, England, 1634) from a melody in Christopher Tye's Acts of the Apostles and published in T. Este's The Whole Book of Psalmes (1592) set to Psalm 84. Ki…

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Sing for Joy #55

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