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Captain of our salvation, take 
Captain of our salvation, take the souls that here are trained for thee, and fit for thy great service make these heirs of immortality; and let them in thine image rise; and then transplant to paradise. 
Unspotted from the world and pure, preserve them for thy glorious cause, accustomed daily to endure the welcome burden of thy cross; inured to toil and patient pain, till all thy perfect mind they gain. 
Train up thy hardy soldiers, Lord, in all their Captain's steps to tread; then send them to proclaim thy word, thy gospel through the world to spread; freely as they receive to give, and preach the death by which we live! 
(1707-1788); alt. by the editors of 
Originally a hymn for baptism, this was altered by the editors of for the use of theological colleges.