Christ in Song 351
ARISE, MY SOUL, ARISE!
Words: Charles WesleyMusic: Lewis Edson
1Arise, my soul, arise! shake off thy guilty fears;
The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears;
Before the throne my surety stands,
Before the throne my surety stands,
My name is written on His hands.
2He ever lives above, for me to intercede;
His all-redeeming love, His precious blood to plead;
His blood atoned for all our race,
His blood atoned for all our race,
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.
- Words
- Charles Wesley
- Music
- Lewis Edson
- Also sung to
- Murray (Hymns and Tunes 1886 #359)
The verse
- Meter
- 12.12.9.9.8
- Foot
- iambic (da-DUM) · 72% of beats fit
- Rhyme
- AABBB
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Verse 1
Arise, my soul, arise! shake off thy guilty fears;˘/˘/˘/////˘/12A
The bleeding sacrifice in my behalf appears;˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/12A
Before the throne my surety stands,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B
Before the throne my surety stands,˘/˘/˘/˘˘/9B
My name is written on His hands.˘/˘/˘˘˘/8B
Verse 2
He ever lives above, for me to intercede;˘/˘/˘/˘˘˘/˘/12A
His all-redeeming love, His precious blood to plead;˘????/˘/˘/˘/12A
His blood atoned for all our race,˘/˘/˘//˘/9B
His blood atoned for all our race,˘/˘/˘//˘/9B
And sprinkles now the throne of grace.˘/˘/˘/˘/8B
Counted by machine from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. It cannot hear emphasis or a poet’s licence, so treat it as a place to start reading, not the last word.