On Jordan's Bank, The Baptist's Cry 3 Lyrics

1. On Jordan's banks the Baptist's cry
Announces that the Lord is nigh;
Come near and hearken, for he brings
Glad tidings from the King of Kings.

2. Be purified each Christian breast,
And furnished for so great a Guest;
Yea, let us all our hearts prepare
For Christ to come and enter there.

3. For Thou art our Salvation, Lord,
Our Refuge and our great Reward;
Without Thy grace our souls must fade,
And wither like a flower decayed.

4. Stretch forth Thy hand a balm to pour.
And make us rise to fall no more;
Upon Thy pardoned people shine,
And fill the world with grace divine.