#12 - On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
#13 - O Quickly come, dread Judge of all
#5 - Hark! a herald voice is calling
#308 - Thee we adore, O hidden Saviour, thee
#7 - Hills of the North, rejoice
#501 - Advent Prose
Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam
nach seines Vaters Willen,
von Sanct Johann die Taufe nahm,
sein Werk und Amt zu 'rfüllen,
Da wollt er stiften uns ein Bad,
zu waschen uns von Sünden,
ersaüfen auch den bittern Tod
durch sein selbst Blut und Wunden;
es galt ein neues Leben.
To Jordan when our Lord had gone,
His Father's pleasure willing,
He took His baptism of St John,
His work and task fulfilling;
Therein He would appoint a bath
To wash us from defilement,
And also drown that cruel Death
In His blood of assoilment:
'Twas no less than a new life.