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People Look East
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1. People, look east. The time is near
   Of the crowning of the year.
   Make your house fair as you are able,
   Trim the hearth and set the table.
   People, look east and sing today:
   Love, the guest, is on the way.
2. Furrows, be glad. Though earth is bare,
   One more seed is planted there:
   Give up your strength the seed to nourish,
   That in course the flower may flourish.
   People, look east and sing today:
   Love, the rose, is on the way.
3. Birds, though you long have ceased to build,
   Guard the nest that must be filled.
   Even the hour when wings are frozen
   God for fledging time has chosen.
   People, look east and sing today:
   Love, the bird, is on the way.
4. Stars, keep the watch. When night is dim
   One more light the bowl shall brim,
   Shining beyond the frosty weather,
   Bright as sun and moon together.
   People, look east and sing today:
   Love, the star, is on the way.
5. Angels, announce with shouts of mirth
   Christ who brings new life to earth.
   Set every peak and valley humming
   With the word, the Lord is coming.
   People, look east and sing today:
   Love, the Lord, is on the way.

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On Jordan’s bank
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1. 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 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 flowers that wither and decay.
4. To heal the sick stretch out Thine hand,
   And bid the fallen sinner stand;
   Shine forth, and let Thy light restore
   Earth’s own true lovliness once more.
5. All praise, eternal Son, to Thee
   Whose advent sets Thy people free,
   Whom, with the Father, we adore,
   And Holy Ghost, forevermore. AMEN

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