Text:On Jordan's banks the Herald's cry
Author:Charles Coffin
Translator:John Chandler
Tune:ALSTONE
Composer:Christopher E. Willing

208. On Jordan's banks the Herald's cry

1 On Jordan's bank the Herald's cry
Announces that the Lord is nigh:
Come then and harken, for he brings
Glad tidings of the King of king.

2 Then cleansed be every breast from sin,
Make straight the way for God within,
And let us all 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 our life must fade,
And wither like a flower decayed.

4 Stretch forth Thy hand, to health restore,
And make us rise, to fall no more:
Once more upon Thy people shine,
And fill the world with love divine.

5 To Him who left the throne of heaven
To save mankind, all praise be given,
Like praise be to the Father done,
And Holy Spirit Three in One.

Amen.

Text Information
First Line: On Jordan's banks the Herald's cry
Translator: John Chandler (1837)
Author: Charles Coffin (1736)
Language: English
Publication Date: 1899
Topic: Advent; Christ: First Advent; Christ: King (4 more...)
Tune Information
Name: ALSTONE
Composer: Christopher E. Willing
Meter: L. M.



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