The Irish Presbyterian Hymnbook ‎#300

300. On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry

1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings!

2 Then cleansed be every life from sin;
make straight the way for God within,
and let us all our hearts prepare
for Christ to come and enter there.

3 We hail You as our Saviour, Lord,
our refuge, and our great reward;
O let Your face upon us shine
and fill the world with love divine.

4 All praise to You, eternal Son,
whose advent has our freedom won,
whom with the Father we adore,
and Holy Spirit, evermore. Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
• Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
• Translator: John Chandler, 1806-1876
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2004
• Topic: Christ Promised: His First Advent
• Notes: Other translators also

Tune Information

• Name: WINCHESTER NEW (CRASSELIUS)
• Arranger: William Henry Havergal, 1793-1870
• Meter: LM
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: Adapted from a chorale in Georg Wittwe's Musikalisches Hand-Buch, Hamburg, 1690