Saviour, we seek the watery tomb. [Holy Baptism.] Anon, in the Baptist New Selection, 1828 No. 397. In the S. MSS. it is attributed to "Maria G. Saffery," on the authority of Mr. W. H. J. Page of Calne. In some American collections it begins, "O Lord, we in Thy footsteps tread."
--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)