Fifteen Hymns For the Feast of the Epiphany 12Hymn XII.

(Resp.--Blessed is He Who went down and was baptized in Jordan, and turned back the People from error!)

1. In Baptism Adam found again--that glory that was among the trees of Eden.--He went down, and received it out of the water;--he put it on, and went up and was adorned therein.--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

2. Man fell in the midst of Paradise,--and in baptism compassion restored him:--he lost his comeliness through Satan's envy,--and found it again by God's grace.--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

3. The wedded pair were adorned in Eden;--but the serpent stole their crowns:--yet mercy crushed down the accursed one,--and made the wedded pair goodly in their raiment.--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

4. They clothed themselves with leaves of necessity;--but the Merciful had pity on their beauty,--and instead of leaves of trees,--He clothed them with glory in the water.--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

5. Baptism is the well-spring of life,--which the Son of God opened by His Life;--and from His Side it has brought forth streams.--Come, all that thirst, come, rejoice!--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

6. The Father has sealed Baptism, to exalt it;--and the Son has espoused it to glorify it;--and the Spirit with threefold seal--has stamped it, and it has shone in holiness.--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!

7. The Trinity that is unsearchable--has laid up treasures in baptism.--Descend, ye poor, to its fountain!--and be enriched from it, ye needy!--Blessed be He that has mercy on all!