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Text: | On Jordan's Bank |
Author: | Charles Coffin |
Translator: | John Chandler |
Tune: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Arranger: | W. H. Havergal |
Composer (descant): | Hal Hopson |
1 On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lamb is nigh;
awake and hearken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of Kings.
2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin;
make straight the way for God within;
and let each heart prepare a home
where such a mighty guest may come.
3 In you, we find abundant life,
our refuge in the midst of strife;
without your grace we waste away
like flowers that wither and decay.
4 Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and help us rise to fall no more.
O let your face upon us shine,
and fill the world with love divine.
5 All praise to you, eternal Son,
whose advent has our freedom won;
and praise to God whom we adore,
with Holy Spirit evermore.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry |
Title: | On Jordan's Bank |
Author: | Charles Coffin (1763) |
Translator: | John Chandler (1837, alt.) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1996 |
Topic: | Biblical Characters: John, the Baptist; Biblical Places: Jordan; Christian Year: Advent(23 more...) |
Source: | Latin |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | WINCHESTER NEW |
Arranger: | W. H. Havergal (1864) |
Composer (descant): | Hal Hopson (1979) |
Meter: | 8 8 8 8 |
Key: | B♭ Major |
Source: | Musikalisches Handbuch, Hamburg 1690 |
Copyright: | Descant © 1979 G.I.A. Publications |