Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
Matthew 3:2
Words: Samuel Longfellow, 1864.
Music: St. George (Gauntlett) Henry J. Gauntlett, 1848 (🔊 pdf nwc).
A voice by Jordan’s shore,
A summons stern and clear:
Reform; be just, and sin no more:
God’s judgment draweth near!
A voice by Galilee,
A holier voice I hear:
Love God; thy neighbor love: for see
God’s mercy draweth near!
O voice of duty, still
Speak forth: I hear with awe;
In thee I own the sovereign will,
Obey the sovereign law.
Thou higher voice of love,
Yet speak thy word in me;
Through duty, let me upward move
To thy pure liberty.