Arise and shine; O Chris­tian, do not slum­ber;
Thou may’st not rest too long to hide the light;
Let ev­ery step be Christ along thy path­way,
For it will lead thee up to Hea­ven’s height.

Refrain

Awake, thou that sleep­est,
And arise from the dead,
And Christ shall give thee,
Shall give thee light.

Arise! says Christ, and lie not in the sha­dow;
Thou dost not ga­ther pro­fit from such rest;
Leave not thy first love for the sake of plea­sure;
To live to God is to be tru­ly blest.

Refrain

Rise up, then, Chris­tian, and pur­sue thy jour­ney,
And Christ shall be thy con­fi­dence and stay;
The light of His sweet smile shall rest up­on thee,
His pre­sence shall go with thee all the way.

Refrain

As ris­ing sun, when in His bright­ness shin­ing
Doth chase the dark­ness of the night away;
So may thy path, in this dark world of sor­row,
Shine more and more un­til the per­fect day.

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