Repent and be baptized

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Repent and be baptized

Author: Joseph Hart
Published in 5 hymnals

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1 Repent and be baptis'd,
Saith our redeeming LORD,
Ye all are not appris'd
That 'tis your Saviour's word,
Arise, arise without delay,
And Christ's divine commands obey.

2 Come ye believing train,
No more this truth withstand,
No longer think it vain
T' obey your LORD's command:
But haste, arise, without delay,
And be baptis'd in JESUS' way.

3 JESUS, the Prince of peace,
To thy great name we pray,
Make the converted race,
Thine ordinance obey:
O may thy love their souls o'ercome
And draw them to thy liquid tomb.

Source: A Selection of Psalms and Hymns: done under the appointment of the Philadelphian Association #CCLXXIV

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Author: Joseph Hart

Hart, Joseph, was born in London in 1712. His early life is involved in obscurity. His education was fairly good; and from the testimony of his brother-in-law, and successor in the ministry in Jewin Street, the Rev. John Hughes, "his civil calling was" for some time "that of a teacher of the learned languages." His early life, according to his own Experience which he prefaced to his Hymns, was a curious mixture of loose conduct, serious conviction of sin, and endeavours after amendment of life, and not until Whitsuntide, 1757, did he realize a permanent change, which was brought about mainly through his attending divine service at the Moravian Chapel, in Fetter Lane, London, and hearing a sermon on Rev. iii. 10. During the next two years ma… Go to person page >

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