Text: | On Jordan's banks the Herald's cry |
Author: | Charles Coffin |
Translator: | John Chandler |
Tune: | ALSTONE |
Composer: | Christopher E. Willing |
1 On Jordan's bank the Herald's cry
Announces that the Lord is nigh:
Come then and harken, for he brings
Glad tidings of the King of king.
2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin,
Make straight the way for God within,
And let us all our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there.
3 For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,
Our Refuge and our great Reward.
Without Thy grace our life must fade,
And wither like a flower decayed.
4 Stretch forth Thy hand, to health restore,
And make us rise, to fall no more:
Once more upon Thy people shine,
And fill the world with love divine.
5 To Him who left the throne of heaven
To save mankind, all praise be given,
Like praise be to the Father done,
And Holy Spirit Three in One.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On Jordan's banks the Herald's cry |
Translator: | John Chandler (1837) |
Author: | Charles Coffin (1736) |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1899 |
Topic: | Advent; Christ: First Advent; Christ: King(4 more...) |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ALSTONE |
Composer: | Christopher E. Willing |
Meter: | L. M. |