Voices United ‎#18

18. There's a Voice in the wilderness

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 God, 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;
God stands in the midst of nations,
and soon will right the wrong.
God shall feed the flock like a shepherd,
the lambs so gently hold;
to pastures of peace will lead them,
and bring them safe to fold.

4 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 God, our, God may go!

Text Information

• First Line: There's a voice in the wilderness crying
• Title: There's a Voice in the wilderness
• Author: James Lewis Milligan (1925, alt.)
• Meter: Irregular
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1996
• Topic: Assurance; Calling and Response; Christian Year: Advent; Deliverance; God: Shepherd; Good News, Gospel; Prophets; Word of God; Zion; Advent 2: Year A; Advent 2: Year B; Epiphany 2: Year B; Advent 2: Year C

Tune Information

• Name: ASCENSION (BANCROFT)
• Composer: Henry Hugh Bancroft (1938)
• Meter: Irregular
• Key: E♭ Major
• Copyright: Music copyright © 1938 Henry Hugh Bancroft. Used by permission of Eldred Bancroft.