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Free accompaniment for On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry (Charles Coffin; John Chandler): organ, piano or guitar playing the tune PUER NOBIS NASCITUR (Michael Praetorius) in four-part harmony, 5 verses, with the words on screen. Choose the key and speed, add an introduction, project the words on a TV, or practice your own choir part. Made for churches and home groups without a musician.
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- 1On Jordan's bank the herald's cry
- Announces that the Lord is nigh;
- Awake and hearken, for he brings
- Glad tidings of the King of kings.
- 2Then cleansed be every Christian breast
- And furnished for so great a guest;
- Yea, let us each our hearts prepare
- For Christ to come and enter there.
- 3For Thou art our salvation, Lord,
- Our refuge and our great reward;
- Without Thy grace we waste away,
- Like flow'rs that wither and decay.
- 4To heal the sick stretch out Thine hand,
- And bid the fallen sinner stand;
- Once more upon Thy people shine,
- And fill the world with love divine.
- 5All praise, eternal Son, to Thee,
- Whose advent sets Thy people free:
- Whom with the Father we adore,
- And Holy Ghost, for evermore.
About this music
PUER NOBIS NASCITUR — Michael Praetorius. Setting: George Ratcliffe Woodward for "The English Hymnal", 1906.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The English Hymnal', 1906 Hymn 14. Lyric source: "A Little Book of Homespun Verse" by Margaret Sangster, 1911. page 21-22.; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry page.
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