Nor dares the holy man refuse:
Jesus descends beneath the wave,
The emblem of his future grave!
2 Wonder, ye heavens! your Maker lies
In deeps concealed from human view;
Ye saints, behold him sink and rise;
A fit example this for you:
The sacred record, while you read,
Calls you to imitate the deed.
3 But, lo! from yonder opening skies,