The Hymnal 1982 ‎#75

75. There's a voice in the wilderness crying

1 There’s a voice in the wilderness crying,
a call from the ways untrod:
Prepare in the desert a highway,
a highway for our God!
The valleys shall be exalted,
the lofty hills brought low;
make straight all the crooked places
where the Lord our God may go!

2 O Zion, that bringest good tidings,
get thee up to the heights and sing!
Proclaim to a desolate people
the coming of their King.
Like the flowers of the field they perish,
like grass our works decay,
the power and pomp of nations
shall pass like a dream away;

3 but the word of our God endureth,
the arm of the Lord is strong;
he stands in the midst of nations,
and he will right the wrong.
He shall feed His flock like a shepherd,
the lambs he'll gently hold;
to pastures of peace he’ll lead them,
and bring them safe to his fold.

Text Information

• First Line: There's a voice in the wilderness crying
• Author: James Lewis Milligan, 1876-1961 (alt.)
• Meter: Irr.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1985

Tune Information

• Name: ASCENSION
• Composer: Henry Hugh Bancroft, b. 1904
• Meter: Irr.
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: © 1938, H. Hugh Bancroft