Mark 1:1-12

• [Mar 1:1] Saint Who First Found Grace To Pen, The

  The Saint who first found grace to pen The Life which was the Life of men, And shed abroad the Gospel’s ray, His fame we celebrate today. Lo, drawn by Pentecostal fire, His heart conceived its great desire, When pure of mind, inspired, he heard And with his hand set forth the Word. Then, clearly writ, the Godhead shone Serene and fair to look upon; And through that record still comes power To lighten souls in death’s dark hour. O holy mind, for wisdom fit Wherein that Life of lives stood writ, May we through minds of like accord Show forth the patterns of our Lord. And so may all whose minds are dark Be led to truth by good Saint Mark, And after this our earthly strife Stand written in the Book of Life. Praise God Who made the world so fair, And sent His Son our Savior there, And by His Holy Spirit wist To teach the first Evangelist.

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  source: Cyberhymnal

• [Mar 1:9] O Thou Who In Jordan

  O Thou Who in Jordan didst bow Thy meek head, And, ’whelmed in our sorrow, didst sink to the dead, Then rose from the darkness to glory above, And claimed for Thy chosen the kingdom of love. Thy footsteps we follow, to bow in the tide, And are buried with Thee in the death Thou hast died; Then wake in Thy likeness to walk in the way That brightens and brightens to shadowless day. O Jesus, our Savior, O Jesus, our Lord, By the life of Thy passion, the grace of Thy Word, Accept us, redeem us, dwell ever within, To keep, by Thy Spirit, our spirits from sin. Till, crowned with Thy glory, and waving the palm, Our garments all white from the blood of the Lamb, We join the bright millions of saints gone before, To bless Thee, and wonder, and praise evermore.

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  source: Cyberhymnal