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!