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Lord, if thou wilt, etc.
Matt. 8:2.
O Lord, and will thy pardoning love
Embrace a wretch so vile?
Wilt thou my load of guilt remove,
And bless me with thy smile?
2 Hast thou the cross for me endured,
And all its shame despised?
And shall I be ashamed, O Lord,
With thee to be baptized?
3 Didst thou the great example lead,
In Jordan’s swelling flood!
And shall my pride disdain the deed,
That’s worthy of my God!
4 O Lord, the ardor of thy love
Reproves my cold delays;
And now my willing footsteps move
In thy delightful ways.