The phrase "John the Baptist" resonates through 4 hymns, touching hearts across generations.
John the Baptist
...But why should mortal accents raise
The hymn of John the Baptist’s praise?
Of whom, or e’er his course was run,...
But why should mortal accents raise
The hymn of John the Baptist’s praise?
Of whom, or e’er his course was run,
...Take guilt and punishment away.
Saint John the Baptist points to Thee
And bids me cast my sin on Thee;...
Take guilt and punishment away.
Saint John the Baptist points to Thee
And bids me cast my sin on Thee;
...The maiden, mother, queen;
John the Baptist, John the Seer,
This triumph once foreseen;...
The maiden, mother, queen;
John the Baptist, John the Seer,
This triumph once foreseen;
...And then she knows her hour is nigh.
Like John the Baptist’s early word,
Which rose before, and with, His Lord,...
And then she knows her hour is nigh.
Like John the Baptist’s early word,
Which rose before, and with, His Lord,
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