Arise, O Zion

Arise, O Zion, rise and shine, Behold thy light has come

Author: John A. Granade
Tune: ST. MICHAELS (German)
Published in 10 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Arise, O Zion! rise and shine,
Behold thy light is come;
The glorious conqu'ring King is near,
To take his exiles home;
His Spirit now is pouring out,
To set poor captives free;
The day of wonder now is come,
The year of Jubilee.

2 The glorious gospel of the Lord,
Is spreading far and near;
And those who hear the quick'ning word,
Are mov'd with godly fear;
But soon they tell to all around,
That Christ has set them free;
The day of wonder now is come,
The year of Jubilee.

3 Brave soldiers dear, pray don't you fear,
Our Captain is above:
Behold him stand at God's right hand,
His bowels melt with love;
O Christians, help to praise the Lamb,
Who died for you and me;
The day of wonder now is come,
The year of Jubilee.

4 Methinks I hear the watchmen cry,
O Zion now be bold;
Ye saints, now raise your voices high,
And sing, both young and old;
The year of my redeem'd is come,
To set poor sinners free;
The day of wonder now is come,
The year of Jubilee.

Source: A Collection of Hymns: for camp meetings, revivals, &c., for the use of the Primitive Methodists #2

Author: John A. Granade

Born: 1770, New Bern County, North Carolina. Died: December 6, 1807, Sumner County, Tennessee. After a period of desperate depression, Granade came to Christ in 1800 at a Presbyterian camp meeting at Desha’s Creek, Sumner County, Tennessee. Ordained a Methodist circuit riding preacher, Granade was referred to by the Nashville Banner as the "wild man of Goose Creek" (Sumner County, Tennessee) and was also variously known as "the poet of the backwoods" and "the Wild Man of Holston." Granade worked in part in the world of shape-note singing in the Shenandoah Valley, where a variety of musical sources, both sacred and profane, were at play. His works include: Pilgrim’s Songster (Lexington, Kentucky: 1804) --www.hymntime.com/tc… Go to person page >

Text Information

First Line: Arise, O Zion, rise and shine, Behold thy light has come
Title: Arise, O Zion
Author: John A. Granade
Language: English
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

ST. MICHAELS (German)

ST. MICHAEL'S is an anonymous tune first published by William Gawler (b. Lambeth, London, England, 1750; d. London, 1809) in 1789 in his London collection Hymns and Psalms Used at the Asylum for Female Orphans (1785-1789). Gawler was organist at the Asylum of Refuge for French Orphans in Lambeth, th…

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A Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs for the Use of the Pious of All Denominations #d4

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A Collection of Hymns #2

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A Collection of Hymns #44

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A Collection of Revival Hymns and Plantation Melodies #169

A General Selection of the Newest and Most Admired Hymns and Spiritual Songs Now in Use #d8

A Selection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs, Designed for the Use of the Pious #d13

Pilgrim Songster #d5

Pilgrim's Songster #d4

The Christian Hymnary. Bks. 1-4 #521

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