1. Arise, O glorious Zion,
Thou joy of latter days,
Whom countless Saints rely on
To gain a resting place.
Arise and shine in splendor
Amid the world’s deep night,
For God, thy sure defender,
Is now thy life and light.
2. Let faithful Saints be rearing
The city of our Lord,
On mountain tops appearing,
According to his word.
A sought-out habitation
By men of truth and faith,
A covert of salvation
From ignorance and death.
3. The temple long expected
Shall stand on Zion’s hill,
By willing heart erected,
Who love Jehovah’s will.
Let earth, her wealth bestowing,
Adorn his holy seat,
For nations great shall flow in
To worship at his feet.
4. What though the world in malice
Despise these mighty things,
We’ll build the royal palace
To serve the King of kings,
Where holy men anointed
To know his sov’reign will,
Each ordinance appointed
To save us, will reveal.
5. From Zion’s favored dwelling
The gospel issues forth,
The covenant revealing
To gather all the earth;
And Saints, the message bringing
To all the sons of men,
With the redeemed, shall, singing
To Zion come again.
6. O hear the proclamation
And fly as on the wind!
For righteous indignation
Shall desolate mankind!
Then, Zion, men shall prize thee
And bow before thy shrine;
And they who now despise thee
Shall own thy light divine.
7. Through painful tribulation
We walk the narrow road
And battle with temptation,
To gain that blest abode.
But patient, firm endurance
With glory in our view
The Spirit’s bright assurance
Will bring us conq’rors 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.