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- Hark! how the banks of Jordan ring,
The Baptist’s utterance echoing!
Your drowsy slumbers cast away,
Those warning accents to obey.
- The conscious earth, and sea and sky,
Welcomes his advent from on high,
Who did their groaning fabric build,
With pangs of expectation thrilled.
- And shall our hearts unpurified,
The coming of their King abide?
Strew all his path, and lodging meet,
Prepare a royal guest to greet.
- Jesus, our souls with health endow;
Our strength and consolation you;
Creatures of earth without your aid,
We languish like the flowers that fade.
- Stretch out your hand, we faint no more;
The fallen to their feet restore,
Show but your face, and wintry earth,
Shall bring her dallying flowers to birth.
- Jesus, our ransomer divine,
Let praise beyond all praise be yours;
Praise to the Father endlessly,
And ills life-giving Spirit be.