Hymnal: A Selection of Christian Hymns
Date: 1818
Compiler: Rice Haggard
Publisher/Printer: John Norvell
First Line: Rise Christians rise who love the Lord
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Hymn Number: 334
Page Number: 319, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsRise, Christians, rise, who love the Lord,
Whose souls are quickened by his word,
Arise and shine, your light is come,
God is our father, heaven our home.
Christ is our head, he'll ne'er forsake
His members, who his life partake;
The life he gives must clearly shine,
That all may own it is divine.
Let it appear, by all we do,
That God has formed our souls anew;
That others may from ruin fly,
And join, our God to glorify.
He calls us one, his spouse, his bride,
O let no enemy divide;
Let love unite, let heavenly flames
Consume, destroy all party names.
O! Christians join your hearts to pray,
Tho' hell oppose let faith obey,
That love, sweet fruit of gospel light,
May chase the gloomy shades of night.
O love, we want no other tie,
With Kings and courts we do not vie;
By framing compacts, forms and rules;
The kingdom is within our souls.
Lord Jesus, thee our king we own,
Gather thy children into one;
The works of darkness all destroy,
And fill the world with light and joy.