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Hymns and Tunes 1876 152

Baptized into our Saviour's death

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1Baptized into our Saviour's death, Our souls to sin must die; With Christ our Lord we live anew, With Christ ascend on high.

2There by his Father's side he sits, Enthroned above the sky; Yet owns himself our Brother still, And hears us when we cry.

3Rise from these earthly trifles, Rise On wings of faith and love; To joys celestial turn your eyes, And fix our hearts above.

4Let not earth's pleasures draw us down; All grace and strength to live; And ne'er forget the effective prayer, At last to gain the prize.

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The verse

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iambic (da-DUM) · 47% of beats fit
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Verse 1

Baptized into our Saviour's death, Our souls to sin must die; With Christ our Lord we live anew, With Christ ascend on high.˘//˘/˘/˘˘//˘/˘///˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/32A

Verse 2

There by his Father's side he sits, Enthroned above the sky; Yet owns himself our Brother still, And hears us when we cry./˘˘/˘/˘/???˘/˘///˘//˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/30A

Verse 3

Rise from these earthly trifles, Rise On wings of faith and love; To joys celestial turn your eyes, And fix our hearts above./˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/29A

Verse 4

Let not earth's pleasures draw us down; All grace and strength to live; And ne'er forget the effective prayer, At last to gain the prize./˘//˘/˘///˘/˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/29A

Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.