A voice from Heaven said,
Matthew 3:17This is My Son, whom I love; with Him I am well pleased.
Words: Maria G. Saffery, in The Psalmist, edited by Baron Stow & Samuel F. Smith (London: Hamilton & Adams, 1843), number 811.
Music: St. Stephen William Jones, 1789 (🔊 
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’Tis God the Father we adore
In this baptismal sign;
’Tis He whose voice on Jordan’s shore
Proclaimed the Son divine.
The Father owned Him; let our breath,
In answering praise, ascend,
As in the image of His death
We own our heav’nly friend.
We seek the consecrated grave
Along the path He trod;
Receive us in the hallowed wave,
Thou holy Son of God.
Let earth and Heav’n our zeal record,
And future witness bear,
That we to Zion’s mighty Lord
Our full allegiance swear.
O that our conscious souls may own,
With joy’s serene survey,
Inscribed upon His judgment throne,
The transcript of this day.