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Here at the Water's Brink We Stand

Here at the water's brink we Stand

Tune: CONFIRMATION (Lewis)
Published in 4 hymnals


Representative Text

1 Here at the water's brink we stand,
to do the Master's will,
to be baptized by his command,
and thus the word fulfill.

2 Dear God, accept our humble prayer,
and all our sins forgive,
as Jesus was the sinner's friend,
and died that we might live.

3 We lay our sinful bodies down
beneath the op'ning wave,
and rise to life divinely new
as from the bursting grave.

Source: Community of Christ Sings #501

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Text Information

First Line: Here at the water's brink we Stand
Title: Here at the Water's Brink We Stand
Meter: 8.6.8.6
Source: (from Emma Smith's Sacred Hymns, 1841
Place of Origin: United States
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain
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Community of Christ Sings #501

Community of Christ Sings #501

Hymns of the Restoration #202

Hymns of the Restoration #202

Hymns of the Saints #354

Hymns of the Saints #354
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