1. Arise, O glorious Zion,Thou joy of latter days,Whom countless Saints rely onTo gain a resting place.Arise and shine in splendorAmid the world’s deep night,For God, thy sure defender,Is now thy life and light.
2. Let faithful Saints be rearingThe city of our Lord,On mountain tops appearing,According to his word.A sought-out habitationBy men of truth and faith,A covert of salvationFrom ignorance and death.
3. The temple long expectedShall stand on Zion’s hill,By willing hearts erected,Who love Jehovah’s will.Let earth, her wealth bestowing,Adorn his holy seat,For nations great shall flow inTo worship at his feet.
4. What though the world in maliceDespise these mighty things,We’ll build the royal palace,To serve the King of kings,Where holy men anointedTo know his sovereign will,Each ordinance appointedTo save us, will reveal.
5. From Zion’s favored dwellingThe gospel issues forth,The covenant revealingTo gather all the earth;And Saints, the message bringingTo all the sons of men,With the redeemed, shall, singingTo Zion come again.
6. O hear the proclamationAnd fly as on the wind!For righteous indignationShall desolate mankind!Then, Zion, men shall prize theeAnd bow before thy shrine;And they who now despise theeShall own thy light divine.
7. Through painful tribulationWe walk the narrow roadAnd battle with temptation,To gain that blest abode.But patient, firm enduranceWith glory in our view,The Spirit’s bright assuranceWill bring us conquerors through.
8. O grant, Eternal Father,That we may faithful be,With all the just to gather,And thy salvation see!Then, with the hosts of heaven,We’ll sing the immortal theme:To him be glory given,Whose blood did us redeem.