All Ye Gentile Lands Awake!

All ye Gen­tile lands awake!

Thou

O Sa­lem

rise and shine!

See the day-spring o’er you break

Heralding a morn di­vine

Telling

God hath called to mind

Those who long in dark­ness pined.

Lo! the sha­dows flee away

For our light is come at length

Brighter than all earth­ly day

Source of be­ing

life and strength!

Whoso on this light would gaze

Must for­sake all ev­il ways.

Ah how blind­ly did we stray

Ere shone forth this glo­ri­ous sun

Seeking each his se­pa­rate way

Leaving Heav­en

un­sought

un­won;

All our looks were earth­ward bent

All our strength on earth was spent.

Earthly were our thoughts and low

In the toils of fol­ly caught

Tossed of Sa­tan to and fro

Counting good­ness all for naught;

By the world and flesh de­ceived

Heaven’s true joys we dis­be­lieved.

Then were hid­den from our eyes

All the law and grace of God;

Rich and poor

the fools and wise

Wanting light to find the road

Leading to the heav­en­ly life

Wandered lost in care and strife.

But the glo­ry of the Lord

Hath aris­en on us to­day;

We have seen the light out­poured

That must sure­ly drive away

All things that to night be­long

All the sad earth’s woe and wrong.

Thy aris­ing

Lord

shall fill

All my thoughts in sor­row’s hour;

Thy aris­ing

Lord

shall still

All my dread of death’s dark pow­er;

Through my smiles and through my tears

Still Thy light

O Lord

ap­pears.

Let me

Lord in peace de­part

From this ev­il world to Thee;

Where Thy­self sole Bright­ness art

Thou hast kept a place for me:

In the shin­ing ci­ty there

Crowns of light Thy saints shall wear.