Scripture Verse

Gentiles shall come to Thy light, and kings to the brightness of Thy rising. Isaiah 60:3

Introduction

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Leonard Bacon
1802–1881

Words: Le­on­ard Ba­con, Hymns and Sac­red Songs for the Month­ly Con­cert (An­do­ver, Mas­sa­chu­setts: 1823). This work is based on Sar­ah Slinn’s hymn Arise in All Thy Splen­dor, Lord.

Music: Morn­ing Hymn (Bar­thé­lé­mon) Fran­çois H. Bar­thé­lé­mon, 1785 (🔊 pdf nwc).

If you know where to get a bet­ter pic­ture of Bar­thé­lé­mon,

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François H. Barthélémon (1741–1808)

Lyrics

Though now the na­tions sit be­neath
The dark­ness of o’er­spread­ing death,
God will arise with light di­vine,
On Zi­on’s ho­ly towers to shine.

That light shall shine on dist­ant lands,
And wan­der­ing tribes, in joy­ful bands,
Shall come, Thy glo­ry, Lord, to see,
And in Thy courts to wor­ship Thee.

O light of Zi­on, now arise!
Let the glad morn­ing bless our eyes;
Ye na­tions, catch the kind­ling ray,
And hail the splen­dors of the day.