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Text: | There's a voice in the wilderness crying |
Author: | James Lewis Milligan, 1876-1961 |
Tune: | ASCENSION |
Composer: | Henry Hugh Bancroft, 1904-1988 |
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,
go 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 is steadfast;
the arm of our God is strong;
God stands in the midst of the nations,
and soon will right the wrong.
God shall feed his flock like a shepherd,
the lambs will gently hold,
to pastures of peace shall lead them,
and bring them safe to his fold.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | There's a voice in the wilderness crying |
Title: | There's a voice in the wilderness crying |
Author: | James Lewis Milligan, 1876-1961 (alt.) |
Meter: | Irregular |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1997 |
Scripture: | |
Topic: | Church Year: Advent; Desert / Wilderness; God: Images (Shepherd)(4 more...) |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | ASCENSION |
Composer: | Henry Hugh Bancroft, 1904-1988 |
Meter: | Irregular |
Key: | E♭ Major |
Copyright: | © The estate of Hugh Bancroft |