Arise and Shine
Verse 1
Lift up, lift up thy voice with singing, O earth, with strength lift up thy voice! God' s kingdom to the earth is coming, The King is at thy gates-rejoice!
Chorus
Arise and shine in youth eternal; Thy light is come, thy King appears! Within this century' s swinging portal, Breaks the new dawn-the thousand years!
Verse 2
And while the earth with strife is riven, And envious factions truth do hide, Lo! he, the Lord of earth and heaven, Stands at the door and claims his bride.ne
Verse 3
Lift up thy gates! bring forth oblations! The Lord of earth his message sends; His Word, a sword, will smite the nations; His name, the Christ, the King of kings.
Verse 4
He' s come! let all the earth adore him; The path his human nature trod Spreads to a royal realm before him, The Life of life, the Word of God!