O Jerusalem

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O Jerusalem, get you out of the dust

Author: Charles Price Jones
Tune: [O Jerusalem, get you out of the dust]
Published in 1 hymnal

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1 O Jerusalem, get you out of the dust,
Arise and shine;
O Jerusalem, come and live in the light divine.

Refrain:
O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem,
Get you up, arise and shine!
O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem,
Come and walk in the light divine.

2 O Jerusalem, hear the voice of thy God
As He calls to thee:
O Jerusalem, now arise and be strong and free. [Refrain]

3 O Jerusalem, you're the salt of the earth
And the light of the world,
O Jerusalem,
let your banners be unfurled. [Refrain]

4 O Jerusalem, turn your heart from all sin
And serve the Lord;
O Jerusalem, come and walk in the Holy Word. [Refrain]

Source: His Fullness Songs #263

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Author: Charles Price Jones

Charles Price Jones born December 9, 1865, near Rome, Georgia. He grew up in Kingston, Georgia, and attended the Baptist church. He was converted in 1884 while living in Cat Island, Arkansas. In 1885 he was called to the ministry and began preaching. In 1888 he attended Arkansas Baptist College and taught school in Grant County, Arkansas. He preached and pastored several Baptist churches. After asking God for a deeper experience of grace and fasting and praying for three days, Jones experienced a closeness with God, and in 1895, along with other Baptist holiness adherents, who taught that a second work of grace can cleanse the Christian of original sin. They started a holiness movement in the Baptist church, and he began teaching holiness i… Go to person page >

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First Line:	O Jerusalem, get you out of the dust
Title:	O Jerusalem
Author:	Charles Price Jones
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	O Jerusalem, O Jerusalem
Copyright:	Public Domain