Glory to God, whose Spirit draws

Glory to God, whose Spirit draws. Baptist Wriothesley Noel* (1799-1873). First published in Noel’s A Selection of Psalms and Hymns adapted chiefly for Congregational and Social Worship. This collection was first published in 1832; in 1853, after Noel’s move from the Church of England to the Baptist Church in 1848, it was republished in an enlarged edition, containing an Appendix of 39 ‘Hymns to be Used at the Baptism of Believers’, of which this was one. It had four stanzas: Glory to God, whose Spirit drawsFresh soldiers to the Saviour's cause,Who thus, baptized into His name,His goodness and their faith proclaim. For these now added to the host,Who in their Lord and Saviour boast,And...