Lo, in the wilderness a voice

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1 Lo, in the wilderness a voice
'make straight the way' is crying:
when men are turning from the light,
and hope and love seem dying,
the prophet comes to make us clean:
'there standeth one you have not seen,
Whose voice you are denying.'

2 God give us grace to hearken now
to those who come to warn us,
give sight and strength, that we may kill
the vices that have torn us,
lest love professed should disappear
in creeds of hate, contempt, and fear,
that crush and overturn us.

3 When from the vineyard cruel men
cast out the heavenly powers
and Christendom denies its Lord,
the world in ruin cowers.
Now come, O God, in thy great might!
Unchanged, unchanging is thy right,
unswayed thy justice towers.

Source: CPWI Hymnal #776

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Author: Percy Dearmer

Dearmer, Percy, M.A., son of Thomas Dearmer, was born in London, Feb. 27, 1867, and educated at Westminster School and at Christ Church, Oxford (B.A. 1890, M.A. 1896). He was ordained D. 1891, P. 1892, and has been since 1901 Vicar of S. Mary the Virgin, Primrose Hill, London. He has been Secretary of the London Branch of the Christian Social Union since 1891, and is the author of The Parson's Handbook, 1st edition, 1899, and other works. He was one of the compilers of the English Hymnal, 1906, acting as Secretary and Editor, and contributed to it ten translations (38, 95, 150, 160, 165, 180, 215, 237, 352, 628) and portions of two others (242, 329), with the following originals:— 1. A brighter dawn is breaking. Easter. Suggested by… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Lo, in the wilderness a voice
Author:	Percy Dearmer
Meter:	8.7.8.7.8.8.7
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

Mark 1:3
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