Dear Master, in Thy Way

Dear Master, in Thy way
Our willing feet shall tread;
What joy Thy mandate to obey,
Our great and glorious Head.

The closing waters hid
Our former world, and we,
Seeking through death our Savior’s side,
Rejoice to die with Thee.

And as we rise again,
Be this confession giv’n,
That we have ris’n with Christ to reign
The Lord of earth and Heav’n.

So would we die to live,
And live no more to die;
Our risen lives, O Christ, receive
And seal them in the sky.

Author: Joseph Hart

Year: 1759

This is a lesser-known baptismal hymn by Joseph Hart (1712–1768), first published in his Hymns Composed on Various Subjects (1759). The style, themes of dying and rising with Christ in baptism, and phrasing are characteristic of Hart; some later collections attribute it to him, though a few 19th-century books list it as anonymous.