Arise the Kingdom is at Hand



The Kingdom is at Hand
Text: Johann Rist 165; Trans- Catherine Winkerworth, (modified version by MG)
Music: Auld Lang Syne


Arise, the kingdom is at hand
The King is drawing nigh
Arise with joy, you faithful band,
To meet the Lord Host High
To meet the Lord Most High
To meet the Lord Most High
Arise with joy, you faithful band,
To meet the Lord most high!

Look up, you souls, weighed down with care
The Sovereign is not far;
Look up, faint hearts, from your despair,
Behold the Morning Star!
Behold the Morning Star!
Behold the Morning Star!
Look up, faint hearts, from your despair,
Behold the Morning Star!

Hope on, you broken hearts, at last
The King comes in His might;
He loved us in the ages past
When we lay wrapped in night.
When we lay wrapped in night
When we lay wrapped in night
He loved us in the ages past
When we lay wrapped in night.

The Lord is with us now, who shall
The sinking spirit feed
With strength and comfort at its need
And even death shall bow.
And even death shall bow
And even death shall bow
With strength and comfort at its need
And even death shall bow.

Now are our sorrows o’er, and fear
And wrath to joy give place
Since God has made us in His grace
His children evermore.
His children evermore
His children evermore
Since God has made us in His grace
His children evermore.

So rich the gifts You give to us,
Yourself made poor and weak;
O love beyond compare that thus
Can foes and sinners seek!
Can foes and sinners seek
Can foes and sinners seek
O love beyond compare that thus
Can foes and sinners seek!

For this we raise a gladsome voice
On high to You alone,
And evermore with thanks rejoice
Before Your glorious throne.
Before Your glorious throne’
Before Your glorious throne
And evermore with thanks rejoice
Before Your glorious throne.






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