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SDA Hymnal 38

Arise, My Soul, Arise!

Words: Charles WesleyMusic: Lewis EdsonTune: Lenox6.6.8.4.D

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1Arise, my soul, arise! Stretch forth to things eternal
And hasten to the feet of your Redeemer God.
Though hid from mortal eyes, He dwells in light supernal;
Yet worship Him in humbleness and call Him Lord.
His banquet of love awaits you above;
Yet here He grants a foretaste of the feast to come!

RefrainAlleluia, alleluia, alleluia!

2Now hear the harps of heaven! Oh, hear the song victorious,
The never-ending anthem sounding through the sky!
To mortals is not given to join in strains so glorious;
Yet here on earth we too can sing our praises high!
He bought with His blood the ransomed of God;
To Him be everlasting power and victory.

Tune
Lenox
Meter
6.6.8.4.D
Scripture
Hebrews 12:22-24; Revelation 5:11-12

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The verse

Meter
13.12.13.12.10.12 · the hymnal prints 6.6.8.4.D
Foot
iambic (da-DUM) · 48% of beats fit
Rhyme
ABCDEF
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/ stressed · ˘ unstressed · ? not in the dictionary

Verse 1

Arise, my soul, arise! Stretch forth to things eternal˘/˘/˘///˘/˘/˘13A
And hasten to the feet of your Redeemer God.˘/˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/12B
Though hid from mortal eyes, He dwells in light supernal;//˘/˘/˘/˘/???13C
Yet worship Him in humbleness and call Him Lord.//˘˘˘/˘˘˘/˘/12D
His banquet of love awaits you above;˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/10E
Yet here He grants a foretaste of the feast to come!//˘/˘˘/˘˘/˘/12F

Verse 2

Now hear the harps of heaven! Oh, hear the song victorious,//˘/˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘15A
The never-ending anthem sounding through the sky!˘????/˘/˘/˘/12B
To mortals is not given to join in strains so glorious;˘/˘˘˘/˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘15A
Yet here on earth we too can sing our praises high!//˘/˘/˘//˘/˘/13B
He bought with His blood the ransomed of God;˘/˘˘/˘/˘˘/10C
To Him be everlasting power and victory.˘˘˘/˘/˘/˘˘/˘˘13D

Refrain

Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘/˘12A

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.