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I come to do thy will.
Heb. 10:7.
“I come,” the great Redeemer cries,
“To do thy will, O Lord!”
At Jordan’s flood, behold! he seals
The sure prophetic word.
2 “Thus it becomes us to fulfill
All righteousness,” he said;
He spake obedient, and beneath
The yielding wave was laid.
3 Hark! a glad voice—the Father speaks,
From heaven’s exalted hight;
“This is my Son, my well beloved,
In whom I do delight.”
4 Jesus, the Saviour, well beloved!
His name we will profess,
Like him, desirous to fulfill
Each law of righteousness.
5 No more we’ll count ourselves our own,
But his in bonds of love;
O! may such bonds for ever draw
Our souls to things above.