1. The beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
2. Even as it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way;
3. The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ye ready the way of the Lord, Make his paths straight;
4. John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance unto remission of sins.