Scripture Verse

Darkness shall cover the earth…but the Lord shall arise upon thee, and His glory shall be seen upon Thee. Isaiah 60:2

Introduction

Words: Will­iam Hurn, Psalms & Hymns 1813.

Music: Rho­sy­medre John D. Ed­wards, in Orig­in­al Sac­red Mu­sic Com­posed and Ar­ranged by the Rev. John Ed­wards, B. A., Je­sus Col­lege, Ox­ford, 1840 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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If you know where to get a good pic­ture of Hurn or Ed­wards (head & shoul­ders, at least 200×300 pix­els),

Lyrics

Arise, O God, and shine
In all Thy sav­ing might,
And pros­per each de­sign
To spread Thy glo­ri­ous light;
Let heal­ing streams of mer­cy flow
That all the earth Thy truth may know.

Bring dist­ant na­tions near
To sing Thy glo­ri­ous praise;
Let ev­ery people hear
And learn Thy ho­ly ways.
Reign, mighty God, as­sert Thy cause
And go­vern by Thy right­eous laws.

Put forth Thy glo­ri­ous pow­er
That Gen­tiles all may see
And earth pre­sent her store
In con­verts born to Thee.
God, our own God, His Church will bless
And fill the world with right­eous­ness.

To God, the on­ly wise,
The one im­mor­tal king,
Let hal­le­lu­jahs rise
From ev­ery liv­ing thing;
Let all that breathe, on ev­ery coast
Praise Fa­ther, Son, and Ho­ly Ghost.