Arise My Soul, New Light Receiving

Arise

my soul

new light re­ceiv­ing

The dis­mal haunts of sor­row flee;

All earth­ly care and wor­ry leav­ing

Come forth the sun of joy to see.

The Lamb of God for thee hath trea­sured

Celestial joys as yet un­mea­sured;

A won­drous feast He doth pro­vide.

Then wilt thou shine in heav’nly splen­dor

And unto God thy prais­es ren­der

’Mid joys that ev­er shall ab­ide.

Arise

my soul

to joy awak­en

The shin­ing robes of glad­ness wear;

God’s co­ve­nant re­mains un­shak­en

He will with thee His Heav­en share.

Thine eyes

such un­dimmed bliss be­hold­ing

Shall see new glo­ries still un­fold­ing

Thy brow a jew­eled crown shall wear.

In gar­ments of pure white ap­pear­ing

Nor sin nor Sa­tan ev­er fear­ing

Thou shalt be safe in God’s own care.

Arise

my soul

no more re­pin­ing

A her­it­age is kept for thee.

Thou like the an­gels fair and shin­ing

Shalt God’s un­co­vered glo­ry see.

The veil shall fall

no long­er hid­ing

The things in Heav’n for thee ab­id­ing

And all whom God hath called His own.

Such pro­mised glo­ry con­tem­plat­ing

Rejoice

my soul

though still await­ing

Till thou shalt stand be­fore God’s throne.

Arise

my soul

to hear the sound­ing

Of harp and psal­te­ry above;

Come

join the choir God’s throne sur­round­ing

And sing of God’s un­bound­ed love.

No tongue can tell what strains of glad­ness

Shall there re­place the cries of sad­ness

That here from bur­dened hearts arise.

Then sing

my soul

of God’s sal­va­tion

And laud the Lord of all cre­ation

Who wel­comes thee to para­dise.