Scripture Verse

The Lord shall inherit Judah His portion in the holy land, and shall choose Jerusalem again. Be silent, O all flesh, before the Lord: for He is raised up out of His holy habitation. Zechariah 2:12–13

Introduction

Words: Charles Wes­ley, Short Hymns on Se­lect Pas­sag­es of the Ho­ly Scrip­tures (Bris­tol, Eng­land: E. Far­ley, 1762), Vol­ume 2, num­ber 1411, page 102, alt. Orig­in­al first line: Ris­ing out of Thy ho­ly place.

Music: Ali­da D. B. Thomp­son, in Joy­ful Wing, ed­ited by John R. Swe­ney & Will­iam J. Kirk­pat­rick (Phi­la­del­phia, Penn­syl­van­ia: John J. Hood, 1889), page 173 (🔊 pdf nwc).

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Charles Wesley (1707–1788)

Lyrics

Arising from Thy ho­ly place,
Almighty Lord, ap­pear;
To choose again Thy chos­en race,
To claim Thy por­tion here;
Brought back in­to the pro­mised land,
Thine an­cient flock re­store,
That all man­kind may see Thy hand,
And si­lent­ly ad­ore!