Hymnal: Christian Psalms and Hymns
Date: 1839
Compiler: Walter Scott and Silas Leonard
Publisher/Printer: A S Tilden
First Line: Arise and shine O Zion fair
Topic: <no topic given>
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer:
Meter: 8s and 6s
Tune:
Hymn Number: 607
Page Number: 317, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsARISE, and shine, O Zion fair,
Behold, thy light is come!
The glorious conquering King is here,
To take his exiles home.
The trumpet thunders through the sky
To set his people free;
The day of wonders shines on high-
The year of Jubilee.
The glorious news of gospel grace,
With sinners now is o'er;
The trump in Zion now is still,
And to be blown no more.
The watchmen all have left the walls,
And with their flocks above,
On Zion's holy mountains rest,
And sing redeeming love.
Come, all you weary pilgrims old,
In prospect of that home,
Renew your courage and be bold-
Your race is almost run.
High in the heavens behold he stands,
And smiling, bids you come:
The angels beckon you away,
To your eternal home.
Methinks I see you as you die,
With glory in your view;
To heaven you lift your longing eyes,
And bid the world adieu.
While friends stand weeping as you die,
And mourn to let you go,
You breathe with on expiring sigh-
"Farewell all things below."