FATHER, our child we place Where we thy children kneel; For thou hast made the...

FATHER, our child we place Where we thy children kneel; For thou hast made the sign of grace To him, to us, the seal.

Thine own a moment claim, Then lend him to our love, Marked as thine own, - and bid the name Be registered above.

Rites cannot change the heart, Undo the evil done Or with the uttered name impart The nature of thy Son.

To meet our desperate want, There gushed a crimson flood: O from His heart's o'erflowing font Baptize this soul with blood!

Be grace from Christ our Lord, And love from God supreme, By the communing Spirit poured In a perpetual stream!

So cleanse our offering; Then will we, at thy call, This pledge accepted, daily bring Ourselves, our house, our all.