Number: 013
English:  Tune HON 1987 #244
Title: Arise, Thou Sun of Righteousness
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Words: Sam Jones
Music: J. M. Bonnar (arr)
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¤A¤rise! thou Sun of right¤eous¤ness
With heal¤ing in thy wings;
¤Flood all my soul, and fill my heart,
And touch the se¤cret springs
That I may wor¤ship and a¤dore,
With rap¤tured saints a¤bove;
¤Who laud and praise thy ho¤ly Name,
In pure and per¤fect love.

¤A¤rise! thou Sun of right¤eous¤ness
Let thy life giv¤ing rays;
¤Pierce through the gloom, dis¤pel the night,
And lead me in thy ways,
Thou source and fount of pur¤est life,
Draw me, that I may be
¤Set free from sin, self found no more,
Lost, swal¤lowed up in Thee.

¤A¤rise! thou Sun of right¤eous¤ness
A¤rise, no more go down;
¤Thy gen¤tle¤ness shall make me great,
Thy lov¤ing¤kind¤ness crown:
Keep thou the vine¤yard of my soul,
I would the world should know,
¤Though black, but come¤ly, I am thine,
The sun hath made me so.

¤A¤rise! thou Sun of right¤eous¤ness
In all thy glo¤ry shine;
¤And by thy might¤y power trans¤form,
This will¤ing heart of mine:
My moth¤er’s chil¤dren then shall see
Thy life in me be¤gun;
¤In Thee, made per¤fect and com¤plete,
My cen¤tre and my sun.