on Jordan’s bank . VID

• 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

• 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.

• For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,
  Our Refuge, and our great Reward.
  Without Thy grace we waste away,
  Like flowers that wither and decay.

• 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.

• All praise, eternal Son, to Thee
  Whose advent sets Thy people free,
  Whom, with the Father, we adore,
  And Holy Ghost, forevermore. AMEN