128. There's a voice in the wilderness crying

1 There’s a voice in the wilderness crying,
a call from the ways untrod:
prepare in the desert a highway,
a highway for our God!
The valleys shall be exalted,
the lofty hills brought low;
make straight all the crooked places
where the Lord our God may go!

2 O Zion, that bringest good tidings,
go up to the heights and sing!
Proclaim to a desolate people
the coming of their King.
Like the flowers of the field they perish,
like grass our works decay,
the power and pomp of nations
shall pass like a dream away,

3 but the Word of our God is steadfast;
the arm of our God is strong;
God stands in the midst of the nations,
and soon will right the wrong.
God shall feed his flock like a shepherd,
the lambs will gently hold,
to pastures of peace shall lead them,
and bring them safe to his fold.

Text Information
First Line: There's a voice in the wilderness crying
Title: There's a voice in the wilderness crying
Author: James Lewis Milligan, 1876-1961 (alt.)
Meter: Irregular
Language: English
Publication Date: 1997
Scripture:
Topic: Church Year: Advent; Desert / Wilderness; God: Images (Shepherd) (4 more...)
Copyright: Public Domain
Tune Information
Name: ASCENSION
Composer: Henry Hugh Bancroft, 1904-1988
Meter: Irregular
Key: E♭ Major
Copyright: © The estate of Hugh Bancroft



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