On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’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 every life from sin;
Make
straight the way for God within
And
let us all our hearts prepare
For
Christ to come and enter there.
3
We
hail You as our Savior, Lord,
Our
refuge and our great reward;
Without
Your grace we waste away
Like
flow’rs that wither and decay.
4
Stretch
forth Your hand, our health restore,
And
make us rise to fall no more;
Oh,
let Your face upon us shine
And
fill the world with love divine.