Rise, Ye Children of Salvation

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Rise, ye children of salvation

Author: Justus Falckner (1697); Translator: Frances Bevan (1858)
Tune: [Rise, ye children of salvation] (McGranahan)
Published in 30 hymnals

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1 Rise, O Christian generation,
Clinging to your Lord always!
Up, arise in consecration,
Lest your soul be led astray!
For your foe dareth you,
Unto combat dareth you!

2 Follow then the Saviour’s banner;
Trust in His almighty arm;
Though your foe in dreadful manner
O’er the battlefield doth swarm,
Jesus’ host conquers most,
If near Him it takes its post.

3 On His word then take the venture,
Clad with pray’r and watchfulness.
This alone will make you fearless,
Strength and courage to possess,
War to wage, and engage
Through Christ’s blood the enemy’s rage.

4 For His power hath been tested
By the saints who steadfast stood;
Knowing that in overcoming
They had conquered by His blood.
Shall not we steadfast be,
Fight for Jesus valiantly?

5 Those who love sin’s baleful bondage
Are to conflict disinclined;
None who yield themselves her servants
Can their soul’s salvation find;
Sinful night, Satan’s might
Has deprived them of their sight.

6 But the one whom wisdom teacheth
Freedom is the Christians’ part,
He whose mind to God inclineth
As the hope of his whole heart,
Seeks to be from guile free,
Christ’s own servant faithfully.

7 O how wretched is existence
Without Christ and liberty!
Those who offer God resistance
Shall have woe and misery.
Comforts new, blessings true
Come to those who sin subdue.

8 Through the Word and blood of Jesus
Let us then our foes defeat;
He’ll deliver us from danger,
He will be our safe retreat.
We shall see victory;
From the world He’ll make us free.

9 May our life be ever hidden
Here in God with Christ our Lord;
Then shall we upon that morning
Stand illumined by His Word;
All the care we now share
Will be changed to glory there.

10 On that day God’s faithful servants
Shall receive their faith’s reward;
In the tents of all the righteous
Shall their vict’ry’s song be heard.
There God’s band e’er shall stand
In that bright and happy land.

Source: Zion's Harp: a collection of hymns and songs for the Apostolic Christian Church of America #27

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Author: Justus Falckner

Falckner, Justus, from his interest as the first Lutheran clergyman ordained in America, demands a somewhat fuller notice than would otherwise be given. He was fourth son of Daniel Falckner, Lutheran pastor at Langenreinsdorf, Crimmitschau, Zwickau, Saxony, and was born there, Nov. 22, 1672. He entered the University of Halle, Jan. 20, 1693, as a student of theology under A. H. Francke; but on completing his course felt the responsibility of the ministerial office in the German Church of that time too great for him to undertake. Along with his elder brother Daniel, who had shortly before returned from America, we find Justus accepting at Rotterdam, April 23, 1700, a power of attorney for the sale of Penn's lands in Pennsylvania. In 1701 t… Go to person page >

Translator: Frances Bevan

Bevan, Emma Frances, née Shuttleworth, daughter of the Rev. Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, Warden of New Coll., Oxford, afterwards Bishop of Chichester, was born at Oxford, Sept. 25, 1827, and was married to Mr. R. C. L. Bevan, of the Lombard Street banking firm, in 1856. Mrs. Bevan published in 1858 a series of translations from the German as Songs of Eternal Life (Lond., Hamilton, Adams, & Co.), in a volume which, from its unusual size and comparative costliness, has received less attention than it deserves, for the trs. are decidedly above the average in merit. A number have come into common use, but almost always without her name, the best known being those noted under “O Gott, O Geist, O Licht dea Lebens," and "Jedes Herz will etwas… Go to person page >

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First Line:	Rise, ye children of salvation
Title:	Rise, Ye Children of Salvation
German Title:	Auf, ihr Christen, Christi Glieder
Author:	Justus Falckner (1697)
Translator:	Frances Bevan (1858)
Meter:	8.7.8.7.7.7
Language:	English
Refrain First Line:	Pour it forth a mighty anthem
Copyright:	Public Domain