There's A Voice In The Wilderness Crying

 

"Thus says the Lord: Keep justice, do and use righteousness, conformity to 
the will of God which brings salvation, for My salvation is soon to come 
 and My righteousness and justice to be revealed."
Isaiah 56:1

Wildflowers in bloom near the Dead Sea in Israel

Picture courtesy/United With Israel

There's a voice in the wilderness crying,

A call from the ways 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 the Lord our God may go.

O Zion, that bringest good tidings,

Get thee up to the heights and sing!

Proclaim to a desolate people

The coming of their King:

Like the flowers of the field they perish,

The work of men decay,

The power and the pomp of nations

Shall pass like a dream away.

But the word of our God endureth,

The arm of the Lord is strong;

He stands in the midst of nations

And He will right the wrong.

He shall feed His flock like a shepherd,

And fold the lambs to His breast;

In pastures of peace He'll lead them,

And give to the weary rest.

There's a voice in the wilderness crying,

A call from the ways 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 the Lord our God may go!

"There's A Voice In The Wilderness Crying"
James Lewis Milligan
(1876-1961)
English-born Canadian lay minister,
 newspaper editor, and speech writer for
Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King.
He was also commissioned by Lady Flora Eaton,
the wife of Toronto department store president
Sir John Craig Eaton, to write poems for
her Christmas cards for a number of years.