Text:Ho, All Who Thirst (Come Now to the Water)
Author:Alexander M. Peters
Tune:JACOB’S WELL
Composer:Alexander M. Peters
Media:Audio recording

479. Ho, All Who Thirst (Come Now to the Water)

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Text Information
First Line: Why forsake the Lord
Title: Ho, All Who Thirst (Come Now to the Water)
Author: Alexander M. Peters (1997)
Refrain First Line: Ho, all who thirst, come now to the water
Meter: 5.7.5.5 with refrain
Language: English
Publication Date: 2013
Scripture: ; ; ; ; ;
Topic: Baptism; Guidance; Welcome
Copyright: © 1997 Alexander M. Peters
Tune Information
Name: JACOB’S WELL
Composer: Alexander M. Peters (1997)
Meter: 5.7.5.5 with refrain
Key: F Major
Copyright: © 1997 Alexander M. Peters


Text Information:

This song brings together many biblical references that help to enlarge an appreciation of the water of baptism. The refrain is based on Isaiah 55:1, stanza one adapts Jeremiah 2:13, stanza two draws on Revelation 7:17, and the third stanza condenses the imagery of John 4:10–14.


Media
Audio recording: Audio (MP3)

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