Nearer comes the Preach­er’s cry

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Shake the shores of that old riv­er.

Nearer comes the Preach­er’s cry

Deeper sounds his voice and deep­er,

Lo! The Desert Depths Are Stirred

Lyricist: Charles Coffin, 1736; translated by William Blew, 1850
Composer: Musikalisches Handbuch, 1690
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...Shake the shores of that old riv­er.

Nearer comes the Preach­er’s cry,

Deeper sounds his voice and deep­er,...

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Shake the shores of that old riv­er.

Nearer comes the Preach­er’s cry,

Deeper sounds his voice and deep­er,

Lo! The Desert Depths Are Stirred

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