Epiphany Hymn 12: Adam Finds His Glory Again

In baptism Adam found again

the 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 in it.

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

Refrain: Blessed is he who went down and was baptized in the Jordan, and turned the People back from error!

Man fell in the middle of Paradise,

and in baptism compassion restored him;

he lost his beauty through Satan’s envy,

and found it again by God’s grace.

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

The married pair were adorned in Eden;

but the serpent stole their crowns.

Yet mercy crushed down the accursed one,

and made the married pair beautiful in their clothing.

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

They clothed themselves with leaves out of necessity;

but the Merciful One had pity on their beauty,

and instead of leaves of trees

he clothed them with glory in the water.

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

Baptism is the wellspring of life,

which the Son of God opened by his life;

and from his side it has brought out streams.

Come, all who thirst, come and rejoice!

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

The Father has sealed baptism, to exalt it;

and the Son has taken it as his bride, to glorify it;

and the Spirit with a threefold seal

has stamped it, and it has shone in holiness.

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!

The Trinity, which no one can search out,

has laid up treasures in baptism.

Go down to its fountain, you poor,

and be enriched from it, you needy!

Blessed be he who has mercy on all!