7910. A Voice From the Desert

1 A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill:
The Lord is advancing—prepare ye the way;
The word of Jehovah He comes to fulfill,
And o’er the dark world pour the splendor of day.

2 Bring down the proud mountain, though towering to Heaven,
And be the low valley exalted on high!
The rough path and crooked be made smooth and even,
For, Sion, your king, your Redeemer, is nigh.

3 The beams of salvation His progress illume,
The lone, dreary wilderness sings of her God;
The rose and the myrtle will suddenly bloom,
The olive of peace spread its branches abroa

Text Information
First Line: A voice from the desert comes awful and shrill
Title: A Voice From the Desert
Author: William H. Drummond
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Language: English
Source: Who Are the Happy?, 1818
Notes: Alternate tunes: CRADLE SONG by William J. Kirkpatrick, 1895; MALDWYN, Welsh melody, circa 1600
Tune Information
Name: GORDON
Composer: Adoniram Judson Gordon (1876)
Meter: 11.11.11.11
Key: F Major
Copyright: Public Domain



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