Arise Kingdom Is At Hand

look up, ye drooping hearts, today,

the king is very near;

o cast your griefs and fears away,

for, lo, your help is here!

hope on, ye broken hearts, at last

the king comes in his might;

he loved us in the ages past

when we lay wrapped in night.

look up, ye souls weighed down with care,

the sovereign is not far!

look up, faint hearts, from your despair,

behold the morning star!

the lord is with us now, who shall

the sinking spirit feed

with strength and comfort at its need

to whom e’en death shall bow.

hope, o ye broken hearts, at last!

the king comes on in might,

he loved us in the ages past

when we sat wrapped in night;

now are our sorrows o’er, and fear

and wrath to joy give place,

since god hath made us in his grace

his children evermore.

o rich the gifts thou bringest us,

thyself made poor and weak;

o love beyond compare that thus

can foes and sinners seek!

for this we raise a gladsome voice

on high to thee alone,

and evermore with thanks rejoice

before thy glorious throne.