Verse 1
Lift up, lift up thy voice with singing,
Dear land, with strength lift up thy voice!
The kingdoms of the earth are bringing
Their treasures to thy gates—rejoice!
Chorus
Arise and shine in thy glory,
The light is come, thy king immortal,
Beyond the century’s swinging portal,
Breaks a new dawn—the thousand years!
Verse 2
And shall His flock with strife be riven?
Shall envious lines His Church divide,
When He, the Lord of earth and heaven,
Stands at the door to claim His Bride?
Verse 3
Lift up thy gates! bring forth oblations!
One crowned with crown a message brings;
His word, a sword to smite the nations;
His name—the Christ, the King of kings.
Verse 4
He comes! let all the earth adore Him
The path His human nature trod
Spreads to a royal realm before Him,
The Light of life, the Word of God.