HOLY SPIRIT
SDAH 258
Baptize us anew With power from on high,
With love, O refresh us! Dear Savior, draw nigh.
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Hymn Spotlight: Baptize Us Anew
William Augustine Ogden’s hymn seeks not water baptism, but a renewed filling of the Holy Spirit. Written in the late 1800s, it invites worshipers to experience personal revival. The unnamed tune, also by Ogden, is warm and accessible, suitable for congregational prayer. May this hymn renew our thirst for God’s Spirit to move in our lives.
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Introductions for Sabbath School Song Service (based on specific lesson quarterlies):
oth words and music (the latter unnamed) were written by William Augustine Ogden (1841-1897; see Biographies), and allude to the story of the baptism of Jesus by water and by the Holy Spirit. The application is then made for a rebaptism, not by water but by the Spirit.
Ogden had a most successful career as a school music teacher in Toledo, Ohio. He was a compiler of song books and composer of favorite gospel songs.
📖 Reference: Companion to the Seventh-day Adventist Hymnal by Wayne Hooper and Edward E. White. Review and Herald Publishing Association, 1988.
Stanza:
Mark 1:5-11
Text
1
Baptize us anew With power from on high,
With love, O refresh us! Dear Savior, draw nigh.
Refrain
We humbly beseech Thee, Lord Jesus, we pray,
With love and the Spirit baptize us today.
We praise Thee, we bless Thee, dear Lamb that was slain
We laud and adore Thee, Amen and Amen.
2
Unworthy we cry, Unholy, unclean,
O wash us and cleanse us From sin’s guilty stain.
3
O heavenly Dove, Descend from on high!
We plead Thy rich blessing; In mercy draw nigh.
4
O list the glad voice! From heaven it came:
Thou art My beloved, Well pleased I am.
Hymn Info
Biblical Reference
Mark 1:5-11
Author
W.A. Ogden (1841-1897)
Metrical Number
5.5.6.5.Ref.
Composer
W.A. Ogden
