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I Will Arise

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Author: Morton Bryan Wharton

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Text Information

First Line: Over the weary roads of sadness
Title: I Will Arise
Author: Morton Bryan Wharton
Language: English
Refrain First Line: I will arise and go to Jesus
Copyright: Public Domain

Tune

RESTORATION (Southern Harmony)

ARISE is an anonymous American folk melody. Set to "Mercy, O Thou Son of David," the tune was published in William Walker's (PHH 44) Southern Harmony (1835) with the title RESTORATION. Its name was changed to ARISE (after the refrain in the ballad about the prodigal son) when it was set to Hart's te…

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Timeline

Instances

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Bells of Heaven #d293

Page Scan

Windows of Heaven #131

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