There's a Voice in the Wilderness Crying
Text: J. Lewis Milligan(20th C)
Music: H. Hugh Bancroft (20th C)
Tune: Ascension
There's a voice in the wilderness crying,
a call from the way 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 Emmanuel may go!
O Zion, who offers good tidings,
to the height of the mountains dare!
Lift your voice to the cities of Judah:
"Behold your God!" declare.
Like the flowers of the field we perish,
our human works decay,
the power and pomp of nations
shall pass like a dream away.
But the word of our God is forever,
our Defender's will is strong:
God stands in the midst of nations,
to render right the wrong.
Then God shall be as a shepherd,
the lambs gathered to God's breast;
and pastures of peace shall greet them,
to give to the weary rest.
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