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<h2>ON JORDAN’S BANK THE BAPTIST’S CRY</h2>
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<p align="center"><h3>“He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord.” John 1:23</h3></p>
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<center><b>Hymns Supplied Through the Gracious Generosity<br>of the </b><a href="http://www.hymntime.com/tch/" target = "_blank"><b>Cyber Hymnal Website</b></a><br><br><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/cyberhymnal_info.html" target = "_blank">Information about Cyber Hymnal Website</a></center>
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<p><img src="./hymns/hymns_img/img_m_o_monk_wh.jpg" alt="William Henry Monk (1823-1889)" align="right" hspace="15" vspace="5" width="139.333333333333" height="178.666666666667"><em>Words:</em> <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_o_coffin_c.html" target="_blank">Charles Coffin</a>, <em>Paris Breviary</em>, 1736 (<em>Jordanis oras praevia</em>). Stanzas 1-3 translated from Latin to English by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_c_h_chandler_j.html" target="_blank">John Chandler</a>, <em>Hymns of the Primitive Church</em>, 1837; stanzas 4-5 translator unknown.</p>
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<p><em>Music:</em> “Winchester New,” <em>Musikalisches Handbuch</em> (Hamburg, Germany: 1690); harmonized by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_m_o_monk_wh.html" target="_blank">William Henry Monk</a>, 1847, alt. </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_w_i_winchesn.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<li>“Puer Nobis Nascitur,” Trier, Germany, 15th Century. Adapted by <a href="./hymns/hymns_bio/bio_p_r_praetorius_m.html" target="_blank">Michael Praetorius</a>, 1609; harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910 </p><p><table><tr><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_mid/mid_p_puernobi.mid" target = "_blank"><img border=0 src="./hymns/hymns_img/notes.gif"><br><b>Play MIDI</b></a></td><td> </td><td><a href="./hymns/hymns_html/score_info.html" target = "_blank"><b>Link to obtain<br>musical score info</b></a></td></tr></table></p>
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<p>On Jordan’s bank the Baptist’s cry<br>
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Announces that the Lord is nigh;<br>
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Come, then, and hearken, for he brings<br>
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Glad tidings from the King of kings!</p>
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<p>Then cleansed be every Christian breast<br>
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And furnished for so great a Guest.<br>
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Yea, let us each our hearts prepare<br>
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For Christ to come and enter there.</p>
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<p>For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,<br>
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Our Refuge, and our great Reward.<br>
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Without Thy grace our souls must fade<br>
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And wither like a flower decayed.</p>
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<p>Lay on the sick Thy healing hand<br>
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And make the fallen strong to stand;<br>
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Show us the glory of Thy face<br>
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Till beauty springs in every place.</p>
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<p>All praise, eternal Son, to Thee<br>
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Whose advent sets Thy people free,<br>
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Whom, with the Father, we adore,<br>
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And Holy Ghost, forevermore.</p>
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