"On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry"

by Charles Coffin, 1676-1749

Translated by John Chandler, 1806-1876 (Stanzas 1-3)
Translated by unknown author, (Stanzas 4-5)
Key of Eb 3/4 Time
Intro Verse 4
Eb | Bb | Ab Bb | Eb Eb Bb Eb
Lay on the sick Thy hea - ling hand
Verse 1 Eb Ab Bb Eb
Eb Bb Eb And make the fallen strong to stand;
On Jordan's bank the Bap - tist's cry Eb Bb Ab Eb
Eb Ab Bb Eb Show us the glo - ry of Thy face
An - nounces that the Lord is nigh; Eb Bb Ab Bb Eb
Eb Bb Ab Eb Till beauty springs in ev' - ry place.
Come, then, and heark - en, for he brings
Eb Bb Ab Bb Eb
Glad ti - dings from the King of kings. Verse 5
Eb Bb Eb
All praise, eter - nal Son, to Thee
Verse 2 Eb Ab Bb Eb
Eb Bb Eb Who ad - vent sets Thy peo - ple free,
Then cleansed by every Christian breast Eb Bb Ab Eb
Eb Ab Bb Eb Whom, with the Fa - ther, we a - dore
And furnished for so great a Guest. Eb Bb Ab Bb Eb
Eb Bb Ab Eb And Ho - ly Ghost for - e - ver more.
Yea, let us each our hearts pre - pare
Eb Bb Ab Bb Eb
For Christ to come and en - ter there.

Verse 3
Eb Bb Eb
For Thou art our Sal - vation, Lord,
Eb Ab Bb Eb
Our Refuge, and our great Re - ward.
Eb Bb Ab Eb
With - out Thy grace our souls must fade
Eb Bb Ab Bb Eb
And wi - ther like a flower de - cayed.

The Lutheran Hymnal

Hymn #63
Text: Is. 40:3, Matt. 3:3
Author: Charles Coffin, 1676-1749
Translated by: John Chandler, 1837 (Stanzas 1-3)
Titled: "Jordanis oras praevia"
Tune: "Puer nobis nascitur"
1st Published in: _Musae Sioniae_, VI, 1609