Rise, Crowned with Light

Rise

crowned with light

im­pe­ri­al Sa­lem

rise!

Exalt thy tow­er­ing Head and lift thine eyes!

See Heav’n its spark­ling por­tals wide dis­play

And break up­on thee in a flood of day!

See a long race thy spa­cious courts adorn;

See fu­ture sons

and daugh­ters yet un­born

In crowd­ing ranks on ev­ery side arise

Demanding life

im­pa­tient for the skies.

See bar­bar­ous na­tions at Thy gates at­tend

Walk in Thy light

and in Thy tem­ple bend:

See Thy bright al­tars thronged with pros­trate kings

While ev­ery land its joy­ous tri­bute brings.

The seas shall waste

the skies in smoke de­cay

Rocks fall to dust

and mount­ains melt away;

But fixed His Word

His sav­ing pow­er re­mains;

Thy realm shall last

Thy own Mes­si­ah reigns!