Scripture Verse

Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem. Isaiah 52:1

Introduction

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William Shrubsole (1759–1829)

Words: Will­iam Shrub­sole, in the Ev­an­ge­li­cal Ma­ga­zine, 1796.

Music: Beer-Shean Lo­well Ma­son, The Mo­dern Psalm­ist (Bos­ton, Mas­sa­chu­setts: John H. Wil­kins & Ri­chard B. Car­ter, 1839), page 61 (🔊 pdf nwc).

Alternate Tunes:

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Lowell Mason (1792–1872)

Lyrics

Zion, awake, thy strength re­new,
Put on thy robes of beau­te­ous hue;
And let th’ad­mir­ing world b­ehold
The King’s fair daugh­ter clothed in gold.

Church of our God, arise and shine,
Bright with the beams of truth di­vine!
Then shall thy ra­di­ance stream afar,
Wide as the hea­then nations are.

Gentiles and kings thy light shall view:
All shall ad­mire and love thee, too;
Shall come like clouds across the sky,
Or doves that to their win­dows fly.