African Methodist Episcopal Church Hymnal ‎#90

90. Lift Up Your Heads, Rejoice

1 Lift up your heads, rejoice!
Redemption draweth nigh;
Now breathes a softer air,
Now shines a milder sky;
The early trees put forth
Their new and tender leaf;
Hushed is the moaning wind
That told of winter's grief.

2 Lift up your heads, rejoice!
Redemption draweth nigh;
Now mount the laden clouds,
Now flames the darkening sky;
The early scattered drops
Descend with heavy fall,
And to the waiting earth
The hidden thunders call.

3 Lift up your heads, rejoice!
Redemption draweth nigh;
O note the varying signs
Of earth and air and sky;
The God of glory comes
In gentleness and might,
To comfort and alarm,
To succor and to smite.

4 He comes, the wide world's King;
He comes, the true heart's friend,
New gladness to begin,
And ancient wrong to end;
He comes to fill with light
The weary, waiting eye;
Lift up your heads, rejoice!
Redemption draweth nigh.

Amen.

Text Information

• First Line: Lift up your heads, rejoice!
• Title: Lift Up Your Heads, Rejoice
• Author: Thomas T. Lynch, 1817-1871
• Meter: 66.66.D.
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 2011
• Scripture:
  Luke 21:27
• Topic: Jesus Christ: Praise; Holy Scripture; Jesus: Advent and Nativity
• Notes: Alternate tune: LANCASHIRE

Tune Information

• Name: BLESSED HOME
• Composer: John Stainer, 1840-1901
• Adapter: Robert O. Hoffelt, 1920-
• Meter: 66.66.D.
• Key: G Major or modal