Third Sunday in Advent.

Head of Thy Church, O Savior Word! Thou at Thy first advent before Thy path, most gracious Lord, the promised prophet sent, That by repentence preached to men, Thy way should be prepared; “Voice from the Desert” heard, and then Thy cup of suffering shared: Grant that the stewards of Thy will may so obedient be, drink deeply of the waters still, the fountainspring in Thee! So suffering, toiling, for Thy sake, Thy people to prepare, of disobedient hearts may make a garland just and fair. To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God Whom we adore, be glory, as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

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1	Head of Thy Church, O Savior Word! Thou at Thy first advent before Thy path, most gracious Lord, the promised prophet sent,
2	That by repentence preached to men, Thy way should be prepared; “Voice from the Desert” heard, and then Thy cup of suffering shared:
3	Grant that the stewards of Thy will may so obedient be, drink deeply of the waters still, the fountainspring in Thee!
4	So suffering, toiling, for Thy sake, Thy people to prepare, of disobedient hearts may make a garland just and fair.
5	To Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, One God Whom we adore, be glory, as it was, is now, and shall be evermore.

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Text	attr. Eliza Humphreys
Tune	Windsor William Damon (1540?-1591?); harm. Thomas Este (1540?-1609)

Third Sunday in Advent.

O Lord Jesu Christ, who at thy first coming didst send thy messenger to prepare thy way before thee; grant that the ministers and stewards of thy mysteries may likewise so prepare and make ready thy way, by turning the hearts of the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, that at thy second coming to judge the world we may be found an acceptable people in thy sight: who livest and reignest with the Father and the Holy Spirit, ever one God, world without end. Amen.