The Cyber Hymnal ‎#14185

14185. Lift Up The Advent Strain

1 Lift up the Advent strain!
Behold, the Lord is nigh!
Greet His approach, ye saints, again,
With hymns of holy joy.

2 The everlasting Son
Incarnate deigns to be;
Our God the form of slave puts on
A race of slaves to free.

3 Daughter of Sion, rise
To meet thy lowly king,
Nor let the faithless heart despise
The peace He comes to bring.

4 As judge in clouds of light,
He soon shall come again,
And all His scattered saints unite
With Him in Heav’n to reign.

5 Before that dreadful day
May all our sins be gone;
The old man all be put away,
The new man all put on.

6 Jesu, all praise to Thee,
Our joy and endless rest;
We pray Thee here our guide to be,
Our crown amid the blest.

Text Information

• First Line: Lift up the Advent strain!
• Title: Lift Up The Advent Strain
• Latin Title: Instantis adventum Dei
• Author: Charles Coffin
• Translator: John Chandler
• Meter: SM
• Language: English
• Source: Paris Breviary, 1736; Tr.: Hymns of the Primitive Church, 1837
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tunes: FRANCONIA from "Harmonischer Liederschatz," ST. THOMAS by Aaron Wililams

Tune Information

• Name: DONCASTER
• Composer: Samuel Wesley
• Meter: SM
• Key: D Major
• Copyright: Public Domain