Testo Twas The Commission Of Our Lord

'Twas the commission of our Lord, Go teach the nations, and baptize: The nations have received the word Since He ascended to the skies. 2. He sits upon th' eternal hills, With grace and pardon in His hands; And sends His cov'nant with the seals, To bless the distant British lands. 3. Repent, and be baptized, He saith, For the remission of your sins: And thus our sense assists our faith, And shows us what His gospel means. 4. Our souls He washes in His blood, As water makes the body clean; And the good Spirit from our God Descends like purifying rain. 5. Thus we engage ourselves to Thee, And seal our cov'nant with the Lord; O may the great eternal Three In heav'n our solemn vows record!