Thou, whose great baptismal hour

Author: George T. Coster
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1 Thou, whose great baptismal hour,
Glorious with the Spirit's dower,
Soon was gloomed by Satan's power,
In Thy mercy hear!

2 By Thy triumph, then assured,
Keep Thy servants, Lord, secured
When by keen temptation lured:
In Thy mercy hear!

3 Be their wisdom day by day;
Holy them, lest their footsteps stray
From Thy high and holy way:
In Thy mercy hear!

4 May their will with Thine agree;
Ever may they faithful be
To their sacred vows and Thee:
In Thy mercy hear!

5 So that all may clearly read,
In their daily word and deed,
Faith's confession, love's pure creed:
In Thy mercy hear!

6 When from earth they pass away,
Lord, confess them then, we pray,
Thine through heaven's eternal day:
In Thy mercy hear!

Source: The Christian Hymnary for Use of Churches of Christ #249

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Author: George T. Coster

Coster, George Thomas, was born in 1835 at Chatham, Kent; studied for the Congregational Ministry at New College, London; ordained in 1859 at Newport, Essex, and has since held pastorates at Barnstaple, Hull, South Norwood, and Whitby. He has published (besides many sermons and tracts) Pastors and People, 1869; Allegories, 1878; Lorrin and other Poems, 1859; the Rhyme of St. Peter's Fall, 1871, and Poems and Hymns, 1882. He has also contributed several poems on Scripture characters (a line in which he excels) to The Poet's Bible, and edited, in 1869 Temperance Melodies and Religious Hymns. Of his hymns the following are in common use:— 1. Dost thou bow beneath the burthen. Fellowship with God. This is an imitation of Dr. Neale's "Art… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Thou, whose great baptismal hour
Author:	George T. Coster
Publication Date:	1938
Copyright:	This text may still be under copyright because it was published in 1938.