O Lord, While We Confess the Worth

O Lord

while we con­fess the worth

Of this the out­ward seal

Do Thou the truths here­in set forth

To ev­ery heart re­veal.

Death to the world we here avow

Death to each flesh­ly lust;

Newness of life our call­ing now

A ris­en Lord our trust.

And we

O Lord

who now par­take

Of re­sur­rect­ion life

With ev­ery sin

for Thy dear sake

Would be at con­stant strife.

Baptized in­to the Fa­ther’s name

We’d walk as sons of God;

Baptized in Thine

we own Thy claim

As ran­somed by Thy blood.

Baptized in­to the Ho­ly Ghost

We’d keep His tem­ple pure

And make Thy grace our on­ly boast

And by Thy strength en­dure.