Isaiah 60:1-3

• [Isa 60:1] All Ye Gentile Lands Awake!

  All ye Gentile lands awake! Thou, O Salem, rise and shine! See the day-spring o’er you break, Heralding a morn divine, Telling, God hath called to mind Those who long in darkness pined. Lo! the shadows flee away, For our Light is come at length, Brighter than all earthly day, Source of being, life and strength! Whoso on this Light would gaze Must forsake all evil ways. Ah how blindly did we stray Ere shone forth this glorious Sun, Seeking each his separate way, Leaving Heaven, unsought, unwon; All our looks were earthward bent, All our strength on earth was spent. Earthly were our thoughts and low, In the toils of folly caught, Tossed of Satan to and fro, Counting goodness all for naught; By the world and flesh deceived, Heaven’s true joys we disbelieved. Then were hidden from our eyes All the law and grace of God; Rich and poor, the fools and wise, Wanting light to find the road Leading to the heavenly life, Wandered lost in care and strife. But the glory of the Lord Hath arisen on us today; We have seen the light outpoured That must surely drive away All things that to night belong, All the sad earth’s woe and wrong. Thy arising, Lord, shall fill All my thoughts in sorrow’s hour; Thy arising, Lord, shall still All my dread of death’s dark power; Through my smiles and through my tears Still Thy light, O Lord, appears. Let me, Lord in peace depart From this evil world to Thee; Where Thyself sole Brightness art, Thou hast kept a place for me: In the shining city there Crowns of light Thy saints shall wear.

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• [Isa 60:1] Behold, The Joyful Day Is Nigh

  Behold, the joyful day is nigh, And angels’ voices from on high Proclaim the news in early morn That the Good Shepherd now is born. In quiet splendor forth He comes, The scattered sheep and tender lambs To gather, and their fold prepare With all a shepherd’s tender care. The gentle Shepherd we behold Who, not with silver and with gold, But by His suffering and His death Will save us from eternal wrath. His Church, though small its seed may be, Shall grow into a mighty tree. With fruitful branches spreading o’er The earth till time shall be no more. Arise and shine, thy Light is come, O humankind, O Christendom; Thy glory and thy peace is here; The Savior of the world draws near. All praise and glory be to Thee; For wisdom, power, and majesty; And for Thy grace, and mercy, Lord, Forever be Thy Name adored.

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• [Isa 60:1] Lift Up, Lift Up Your Voice

  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! Refrain Arise and shine in youth immortal, Thy Light is come, thy King appears! Beyond the century’s swinging portal, Breaks a new dawn—the thousand years. 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? Refrain Lift up thy gates! Bring forth oblations! One crowned with crowns a message brings: His Word, a sword to smite the nations; His Name—The Christ, the King of kings. Refrain He comes! Let all the earth adore Him; The path His human nature trod Spreads to a royal realm before Him, The Life of life, The Word of God! Refrain

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• [Isa 60:1] Rise, Glorious Conqueror

  Rise, glorious Conqueror, rise, Into Thy native skies; Assume Thy right; And where in many a fold The clouds are backward rolled Pass through those gates of gold, And reign in light! Victor o’er death and hell! Cherubic legions swell! Thy radiant train; Praises all heaven inspire; Each angel sweeps his lyre. And waves his wings of fire— Thou Lamb once slain! Enter, incarnate God! No feet but Thine have trod The serpent down: Blow the full trumpets blow! Wider your portals throw! Savior triumphant, go And take Thy crown! Lion of Judah! Hail! And let Thy Name prevail From age to age; Lord of the rolling years, Claim for Thine own the spheres, For Thou hast bought with tears Thy heritage! And then was heard afar Star answering to star— “Lo! these have come Followers of Him Who gave His life their lives to save; And now their palms they wave, Brought safely home.”

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• [Isa 60:2] Arise, O God, And Shine

  Arise, O God, and shine In all Thy saving might, And prosper each design To spread Thy glorious light; Let healing streams of mercy flow That all the earth Thy truth may know. Bring distant nations near To sing Thy glorious praise; Let every people hear And learn Thy holy ways. Reign, mighty God, assert Thy cause And govern by Thy righteous laws. Put forth Thy glorious power That Gentiles all may see And earth present her store In converts born to Thee. God, our own God, His Church will bless And fill the world with righteousness. To God, the only Wise, The one immortal King, Let hallelujahs rise From every living thing; Let all that breathe, on every coast Praise Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.

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• [Isa 60:3] Break Forth, O Beauteous Heavenly Light

  Break forth, O beauteous heavenly light, And usher in the morning; O shepherds, shrink not with afright, But hear the angel’s warning. This Child, now weak in infancy, Our confidence and joy shall be, The power of Satan breaking, Our peace eternal making.
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• [Isa 60:3] Come, Ye Lofty

  Come, ye lofty, come, ye lowly, Let your songs of gladness ring; In a stable lies the Holy, In a manger rests the King: See in Mary’s arms reposing Christ by highest Heav’n adored: Come, your circle round Him closing, Pious hearts that love the Lord. Come ye poor, no pomp of station Robes the Child your hearts adore; He, the Lord of all salvation, Shares your want, is weak and poor: Oxen, round about behold them; Rafters naked, cold, and bare, See the shepherds, God has told them That the Prince of Life lies there. Come, ye children, blithe and merry, This one Child your model make; Christmas holly, leaf, and berry, All be prized for His dear sake: Come ye gentle hearts and tender, Come ye spirits keen and bold; All in all your homage render, Weak and mighty, young and old. High above a star is shining, And the wise men haste from far: Come, glad hearts, and spirits pining— For you all has ris’n the star. Let us bring our poor oblations, Thanks and love, and faith and praise; Come, ye people, come, ye nations, All in all draw nigh to gaze. Hark the Heav’n of heav’ns is ringing: Christ the Lord to man is born! Are not all our hearts, too, singing, Welcome, welcome, Christmas morn? Still the Child, all power possessing, Smiles as through the ages past; And the song of Christmas blessing Sweetly sinks to rest at last.

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• [Isa 60:3] Coming, Coming, Yes, They Are

  Refrain Coming, coming, yes they are, Coming, coming from afar, From the wild and scorching desert, Afric’s sons awaked from sleep; Jesus’ love has drawn and won them, At His cross they bow and weep. Refrain From the fields and crowded cities, China gathers to His feet; In His love Shem’s gentle children, Now have found a safe retreat. Refrain From the Indus, and the Ganges, Steady flows the living stream, To love’s ocean, to His bosom, Calvary their wond’ring theme. Refrain From the steppes of Russia dreary, From Slavonia’s scattered lands, They are yielding soul and spirit Into Jesus’ loving hands. Refrain From the frozen realms of midnight, Over many a weary mile, To exchange their soul’s long winter For the summer of His smile. Refrain All to meet in plains of glory, All to sing His praises sweet; What a chorus, what a meeting, With the family complete! Refrain

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• [Isa 60:3] Lord, A Savior’s Love Displaying

  Lord, a Savior’s love displaying, Show the heathen lands Thy way; Thousands still like sheep are straying In the dark and cloudy day. Shades of death are gathering o’er them, Lord, they perish from Thy sight! Let Thine angel go before them; Bring the Gentiles to Thy Light. Fetch them home from every nation, From the islands of the sea; By the word of Thy salvation Call the wanderers back to Thee. Thou their pasture hast provided, Grant the blessing long foretold; Let Thy sheep, divinely guided, Find at last the one true Fold.

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• [Isa 60:3] Rise, Thou Light Of Gentile Nations

  Rise, Thou Light of Gentile nations, Jesus, bright and Morning Star; Let Thy Word, the gladsome tidings, Ring out loudly near and far, Bringing freedom to the captives, Peace and comfort to the slave, That the heathen, free from bondage, May proclaim Thy power to save. See the blindness of the heathen, Strangers to Thy glorious light, Straying hopeless till they find Thee, Wandering aimless in the night. See their pitiful condition; Lo, gross darkness covers all, And no ray of hope refreshes Nor dispels the dreadful pall. If Thou, merciful Redeemer, Hadst not saved us from this plight, In like darkness we would languish Hopeless, helpless, in sin’s night. Lovingly Thou, Lord, didst seek us In the beauty of Thy grace; Now with joy we freely serve Thee, We, Thy blessèd, chosen race. Knowing Thee and Thy salvation, Grateful love dare never cease To proclaim Thy tender mercies, Gracious Lord, Thy heavenly peace. Sound we forth the Gospel tidings To the earth’s remotest bound That the sinner has been pardoned And forgiveness can be found.

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• [Isa 60:3] Though Now The Nations Sit Beneath

  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.

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Isaiah 60:19

• [Isa 60:19] Eternal Light

  Eternal Light! eternal Light! How pure the soul must be When, placed within Thy searching sight, It shrinks not, but with calm delight Can live, and look on Thee! The spirits that surround Thy throne May bear the burning bliss; But that is surely theirs alone, Since they have never, never known A fallen world like this. O how shall I, whose native sphere Is dark, whose mind is dim, Before the Ineffable appear, And on my naked spirit bear That uncreated beam? There is a way for man to rise To that sublime abode: An offering and a sacrifice, A Holy Spirit’s energies, An Advocate with God. These, these prepare us for the sight Of holiness above; The sons of ignorance and night, May dwell in the eternal Light, Through the eternal Love.

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• [Isa 60:19] O Everlasting Light

  O Everlasting Light, Giver of dawn and day, Dispeller of the ancient night In which creation lay; O Everlasting Light, Shine graciously within; Brightest of all on earth that’s bright, Come, shine away my sin. O Everlasting Truth, Truest of all that’s true, Sure Guide of erring age and youth, Lead me, and teach me, too. O Everlasting Strength, Uphold me in the way; Bring me, in spite of foes, at length To joy and light and day. O Everlasting Love, Wellspring of grace and peace, Pour down Thy fullness from above, Bid doubt and trouble cease. O Everlasting Rest, Lift off life’s load of care; Relieve, revive this burdened breast, And every sorrow bear. Thou art in Heav’n our All, Our All on earth art Thou; Upon Thy glorious Name we call, Lord Jesus, bless us now.

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