"He said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord." John 1:23
Words: Charles Coffin, Paris Breviary, 1736 (Jordanis oras praevia). Stanzas 1-3 translated from Latin to English by John Chandler, Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837; stanzas 4-5 translator unknown.
Music: "Winchester New," Musikalisches Handbuch (Hamburg, Germany: 1690); harmonized by William Henry Monk, 1847, alt.
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"Puer Nobis Nascitur," Trier, Germany, 15th Century. Adapted by Michael Praetorius, 1609; harmony by George Ratcliffe Woodward, 1910