1  The scribes and Pharisees all thought

    A leader great would come.

    So they to John the Baptist came

    To ask if he's the One.

    "Art thou the Coming One?' they asked,

    To which he made reply:

    "I'm not the Christ — I am not He —

    A voice, that's all, am I."

 2  And on the morrow, John stood there

    And spoke to two or three.

    And as he lifted up his eyes,

    He then did Jesus see.

    He said, "Behold the Lamb of God,

    'Tis He Who walks this way.

    He's here to take the sins of all

    And bear them all away!"

 3  Yet poor religion counted not

    These things of any worth,

    But seeking for a leader great

    It lingered on in dearth;

    And looking for a movement strong,

    Continued in its strife.

    Preoccupied with these things,

    They missed the Lord of LIFE!

 4  Religion is Christ's enemy,

    It's even so today.

    For though they name Him, should He come,

    They'd put the Lord away.

    They did it then, they'd do it now,

    They'd miss the Lord again.

    So let us seek the Lord Himself,

    The lamb, the dove obtain.

 5  Now in the Lord's recovery

    We're drawn to Christ alone.

    The Spirit as the gentle dove

    Has found in us a home.

    Let all religion turn away

    To movements wide and great;

    This testimony of Himself

    Our Lord will vindicate!