151.  Arise and Shine

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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!

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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.

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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.

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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!