The Cyber Hymnal ‎#222

222. Arise, My Soul, Arise

1. Arise, my soul, arise;
shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice
in my behalf appears:
Before the throne my surety stands,
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.

2. He ever lives above,
for me to intercede;
His all redeeming love,
His precious blood, to plead:
His blood atoned for all our race,
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.

3. Five bleeding wounds He bears;
received on Calvary;
They pour effectual prayers;
they strongly plead for me:
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Forgive him, O forgive, they cry,
Nor let that ransomed sinner die!

4. The Father hears Him pray,
His dear anointed One;
He cannot turn away,
the presence of His Son;
His Spirit answers to the blood,
His Spirit answers to the blood,
And tells me I am born of God.

5. My God is reconciled;
His pardoning voice I hear;
He owns me for His child;
I can no longer fear:
With confidence I now draw nigh,
With confidence I now draw nigh,
And Father, Abba, Father, cry.

Text Information

• First Line: Arise, my soul, arise
• Title: Arise, My Soul, Arise
• Author: Charles Wesley (1742)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Language: English
• Source: Hymns and Sacred Poems, 1742
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: I have a record, said a Wesleyan missionary laboring in the West Indies, of two hundred persons, young and old, who received the most direct evidence of the forgiveness of their sins while singing Arise, my soul. The conversion of the greater number of these persons took place while I was a missionary abroad. Sankey, p. 115

Tune Information

• Name: LENOX
• Composer: Lewis Edson (ca. 1782)
• Meter: 66.66.88
• Incipit: 11156 55123 21135
• Key: B♭ Major
• Source: The Chorister's Companion, by Simeon Jocelyn and Amos Doolittle (New Haven, Connecticut: 1782)
• Copyright: Public Domain