Text: | On Jordan's Bank The Herald's Cry |
Author: | C. Coffin |
Tune: | [On Jordan's bank the herald's cry] |
Composer: | Christopher Edwin Willing |
1 On Jordan's bank the herald'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 ev'ry Christian breast
And furnished for so great a guest;
Yea, let us each our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there.
3 For Thou art our salvation, Lord,
Our refuge and our great reward;
Without Thy grace we waste away,
Like flow'rs that wither and decay.
4 To heal the sick stretch out Thine hand,
And bid the fallen sinner stand;
Once more upon Thy people shine,
And fill the world with love divine.
5 All praise, eternal Son, to Thee,
Whose advent sets Thy people free:
Whom with the Father we adore,
And Holy Ghost, for evermore.
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First Line: | On Jordan's banks the herald's cry |
Title: | On Jordan's Bank The Herald's Cry |
Author: | C. Coffin (1736) |
Meter: | L. M. |
Language: | English |
Publication Date: | 1927 |
Topic: | Advent |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | [On Jordan's bank the herald's cry] |
Composer: | Christopher Edwin Willing |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | C Major |