Verse 1
Wild and lone the prophet's voice
Echoes through the desert still
Calling us to make a choice
Bidding us to do God's will
Turn from sin and be baptized
Cleanse your heart and mind and soul
Quitting all the sin you prized
Yield your life to God's control
Verse 2
Bear the fruit repentance sows
Lives of justice truth and love
Trust no other claim than those
Set your heart on things above
Soon the Lord will come in power
Burning clean the threshing floor
Then will flames the chaff devour
Wheat alone shall fill God's store
Verse 3
With such preaching stark and bold
John proclaimed salvation near
And His timeless warnings hold
Words of hope to all who hear
So we dare to journey on
Led by faith through ways untrod
Till we come at last like John
To behold the Lamb of God
