Hymn Information ELW 249 | Choirmaster Zack von Menchhofen

#249 from Evangelical Lutheran Worship

On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry

Tune

Puer Nobis

Metric Index

L M

Key & Modality

D Major

Last uses

No previous uses

Poem Words (five verses)

On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
announces that the Lord is nigh;
awake and harken, for he brings
glad tidings of the King of kings!

Then cleansed be ev'ry life from sin;
make straight the way for God within,
and let us all our hearts prepare
for Christ to come and enter there.

We hail you as our Savior, Lord,
our refuge and our great reward;
without your grace we waste away
like flow'rs that wither and decay.

Stretch forth your hand, our health restore,
and make us rise to fall no more;
oh, let your face upon us shine
and fill the world with love divine.

All praise to you, eternal Son,
whose advent has our freedom won,
whom with the Father we adore,
and Holy Spirit, evermore.

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On Jordan's Bank

Hymn References

Adapter

Michael Praetorius 1571-1621

Author

Charles Coffin 1676-1749

Original Language

Latin

Publication Date

2006

Source

Tr. composite

Source

European tune

Topic

Baptism of Our Lord; Advent

Other Hymns By Tune (in Zack's Database)

#384 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / That Easter day with joy was bright (D Major ) [click to view]
#399 in Evangelical Lutheran Worship / O Holy Spirit, root of life (D Major ) [click to view]
#98 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / Unto us a boy is born (D Major ) [click to view]
#124 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / What star is this, with beams so bright (D Major ) [click to view]
#193 in The Hymnal 1982 (Episcopal) / That Easter day with joy was bright (D Major ) [click to view]
#36 in Lutheran Book of Worship / On Jordan's banks the Baptist's cry (D Major ) [click to view]

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