Arise, The Kingdom Is At Hand

For Advent

Words:  "Auf, Auf, Ihr Reichagenossen," Johann Rist, 1651; translated from German to English
by Catherine Winkworth, 1858
See: The Christmas Poetry of Catherine Winkworth

Music: "Ellacombe," Gesangbuch der Herzogl. Wirtembergischen Katholischen Hofkapelle (Wurtemberg, Germany: 1784);
adapted and harmonized by William Henry Monk, 1868
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Source: Catherine Winkworth, Lyra Germanica: Second Series, The Christian Life, 1858

1. Arise, the kingdom is at hand,
    The king is drawing nigh;
Arise with joy, O faithful band,
    To meet the Lord most high!
    Ye Christians, hasten forth,
With holy ardours greet your King,
And glad Hosannas to Him sing,
    Nought else your love is worth.

2. Look up, ye drooping hearts, to-day!
    The King is very near,
O cast your griefs and fears away,
    For lo! your Help is here;
    And comfort rich and sweet
In many a place for us is stored,
Where in His sacraments and word
    Our Saviour we can meet.

3.Look up, ye souls weigh'd 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.

4. Hope, O ye broken hearts, at last!
    The King comes on in might,
He loved us in the ages past
    When we sat wrapp'd 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.

5. O rich the gifts Thou bringest us,
    Thyself made poor and weak;
O love beyond compare that thus
    Can foes an sinner seek!
    For this to Thee alone
We raise on high a gladsome voice,
And evermore with thanks rejoice
    Before Thy glorious throne.

Sheet Music from William Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt, eds., The Chorale Book For England. Congregational Edition. (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863, Supp. 1865), Translator: Catherine Winkworth, #22.

Sheet Music to "My inmost heart now raises" from William Sterndale Bennett and Otto Goldschmidt, eds., The Chorale Book For England. (London: Longman, Green, Longman, Roberts, and Green, 1863), Translator: Catherine Winkworth, #22.

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