Mr. Sinden eats a locust! We hear stories about John the Baptist, Mary, and Elizabeth. We sing "On Jordan's bank" and our Hymn of the Month: "Once in royal David's city".

0:00 Intro
0:34 John the Baptist
1:21 Mary and Elizabeth (The Visitation story)
1:43 A hymn about John the Baptist
2:21 hey, look who's back!
3:58 ♫ On Jordan's bank the Baptist's cry
6:43 Locusts and wild honey
7:28 the Baptist's cries
8:58 Hymn of the Month
10:12 ♫ Once in royal David's city*
14:47 see you next time

* oops! Mr. Sinden says "just the first stanza" but it's too good not to go ahead and sing the whole thing. Hope you enjoy!

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Stanza 3 of "Once in royal David's city," as printed in the Hymnal 1982 is authored by James Waring McCrady (b. 1938), or Waring, as he is known to his friends. The copyright for Mr. McCrady's words is administered by Church Publishing, and is reprinted and broadcast here under OneLicense reprint and podcasting license A-722743.